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Safe and secure - risk based techniques for dam safety
07 December, 2006
In December 2006, part one of our article on the issues associated with the use of risk based techniques for assessing the safety of dams reported on the potential for dam failures based on past evidence and causes, and assessed the records for dam safety legislation and the classifications the structures are given by countries worldwide. Part two looks at how risk assessment has evolved, studies the public’s attitudes towards dam safety, looks in detail at the concept of risk assessment as applied to dam safety and current practice in its applications, and touches on the issue of dam security

Investigating stress concentration
07 December, 2006
Dr Martin Wieland and Dr Sujan Malla present the results of a detailed investigation of the stress concentration at a dam-foundation contact of a 250m high arch dam due to the water pressure, and discuss the effects of cracking on the three-dimensional behaviour

Safe and secure - risk-based techniques for dam safety
17 November, 2006
In part one of a two-part piece, C. Richard Donnelly discusses issues associated with the use of risk based techniques for assessing the safety of dams

Monitoring Ataturk dam
17 October, 2006
S Malla, M Wieland and R Straubhaar present an interpretation of measured deformations and safety monitoring of Atatürk dam through the use of a calibrated dam model

Head above water - studying flood risk
24 July, 2006
Cees-Jan van Westen describes some coastal engineering projects in the Netherlands, and reports on a study carried out to assess flood risks in the country

Slovakian developments
13 April, 2006
Miroslav B. Liska details the past, present and future of hydro developments in Slovakia

Seismic studies on Turkish dams
19 January, 2006
A study was carried out to analyse seismic hazards and determine risk classifications for large embankment dams in Turkey