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Alternative designs for dam construction
18 June, 2007
Economy and speed of construction are the two main aspects that have led to the rise in popularity of RCC dams throughout the world. Francisco Ortega presents an overview of the main issues in RCC dam design, and describes successful experiences at Pedrógão dam, the first RCC dam built in Portugal
River basin risk analysis
17 April, 2007
A model study was developed to analyse the total risk of large dams for a specified basin in Turkey. This paper describes the main principles of the model and introduces the results of a case study including the Euphrates basin – the largest of 26 basins in the country
CFRD practice in Turkey
17 April, 2007
Hasan Tosun, Serhat Batmaz and E.Orkun Ayvaz describe the evaluation of design principles adopted for CFRDs in Turkey and discuss problems encountered during construction
Seismic performance of CFRDs
28 March, 2007
Martin Wieland and R Peter Brenner present a qualitative assessment of the seismic performance of concrete face rockfill dams under strong ground shaking, and discuss possible problems and deficiencies