Concrete dam engineering involves a multidisciplinary approach to ensure structural integrity, durability and safety. Recent advancements have focused on understanding the complex interplay between ...

How does extreme weather affect the stability of dams? Dams are usually built to withstand heavy rainfall or drought. The design and construction of a dam takes into consideration all possible effects ...

As Lake Powell and Lake Mead near critical elevations, federal planners face narrowing operational options that could reshape ...

The intervention comes after the department was alerted to structural concerns at the privately owned dam, officially ...

Study by civil engineers finds that the history of the Jagersfontein dam deviates from best engineering practice. On 11 September 2022, a diamond mine waste storage facility, known as a tailings dam, ...

LEXINGTON, S.C. — Nearly a century after its construction began, the Dreher Shoals Dam — better known as the Lake Murray Dam — has been officially recognized as a National Historic Civil Engineering ...

Engineering assessments showed that should the Senteeko Dam collapse, it would result in no more than 50 additional cubic ...

On a cold, gray day in late March, the mountains on the drive to the Yusufeli hydroelectric dam project site in northeastern Turkey seem ominous. With the highest of these rising more than 3,000 ...

AMES, Iowa -- Iowa State University engineering students hope that auctioning a rare work of folk art can help fund construction of an earthen dam for an African village. The artwork is a painted ...