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Marquez, Hector, and Mehrad Kamalzare. "Geotechnical risk analyses and evaluation of design criteria of embankment dam systems." E3S Web of Conferences 92 (2019): 16015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20199216015.

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The integrity of the state and national system of embankment dams and levees is a crucial component in ensuring the safety of protected communities in any country. The failure of such systems due to natural or man-made hazards can have monumental repercussions, sometimes with dramatic and unanticipated consequences on human life, property and the economy of the states and the country. For highly seismic areas such as Southern California, it is critical to investigate and study the seismic response of embankment dams and levees for the afore mentioned reasons. While experimental studies of emba

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Ali, Abdelfatah K., Sherry L. Hunt, and Ronald D. Tejral. "Embankment Breach Research: Observed Internal Erosion Processes." Transactions of the ASABE 64, no. 2 (2021): 745–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/trans.13701.

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HighlightsThis study provides data from internal erosion tests on four intermediate-scale homogeneous embankment dams.Soil properties influence the breach formation process and breach timing.Results showed that observed erosion rates of the internal flow path varied by several orders of magnitude.Quality control of embankment construction can greatly influence breach development.Abstract. Internal erosion and embankment overtopping are the two most common causes of embankment dam and levee failures and incidents. Internal erosion is the removal of soil material by the flow of water through a c

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Sujono, Joko. "Hydrological Analysis of the Situ Gintung Dam Failure." Journal of Disaster Research 7, no. 5 (2012): 590–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.20965/jdr.2012.p0590.

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Early on the morning ofMarch 27, 2009, the Situ Gintung dam, located near Jakarta, Indonesia, and with an catchment area of 3.1 km2, failed and flooded the area below it. This disaster has awakened most of the Indonesian people, especially those who are concerned about hydraulic structures, natural disasters and sustainable water resources management. During the disaster, about 100 people died and a number of people went missing. There are hundreds of dams like the Situ Gintung dam and other big dams have been built in Indonesia. Most of these dams pose a high potential hazard to life and prop

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Asadi, Masoud, Fazlollah Soltani, Abbas Sivandi-Pour, and Ehsan Noroozinejad Farsangi. "Seismic Behavior of Earth Dams with Different Reservoir Water Levels Under Near-Field and Far-Field Earthquakes." Civil and Environmental Engineering Reports 30, no. 4 (2020): 125–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/ceer-2020-0055.

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Abstract The height of reservoir water is one of the important factors affecting the seismic behaviour of earth dams. A large number of earth dams have been constructed in different countries that are sometimes located in a high-risk geographical zone. The studies on the seismic behaviour of earth dams have been conducted for several decades. However, this study, considering the importance of the subject, it investigates the seismic behaviour of Sumbar rock-fill embankment dam under near- and far-field earthquakes with variation in the water level behind the dam. The ratio of water height of t

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Tepel, Robert E. "The Morgan Hill Earthquake of April 24, 1984—Effects on Facilities of the Santa Clara Valley Water District." Earthquake Spectra 1, no. 3 (1985): 633–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/1.1585283.

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The Santa Clara Valley Water District (the District) is a public agency with flood control and water supply management authority in Santa Clara County, California. The District operates ten dams and reservoirs, two water treatment plants which supply potable water, 74 miles of large-diameter water distribution pipelines and 34 miles of small canals. Flood control facilities include 45 miles of streams channeled by levees and 17 miles of bayfront levees. Immediately after the earthquake, the District's Emergency Operations Center was activated. Major dams were inspected immediately by operation

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Schmocker, Lukas. "The failure of embankment dams due to overtopping." Journal of Hydraulic Research 47, no. 2 (2009): 288. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00221686.2009.9521999.

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Khoury, Divo, Kassab, Kakuturu, and Reddi. "Meshless Modeling of Flow Dispersion and Progressive Piping in Poroelastic Levees." Fluids 4, no. 3 (2019): 120. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/fluids4030120.

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Performance data on earth dams and levees continue to indicate that piping is one of the major causes of failure. Current criteria for prevention of piping in earth dams and levees have remained largely empirical. This paper aims at developing a mechanistic understanding of the conditions necessary to prevent piping and to enhance the likelihood of self-healing of cracks in levees subjected to hydrodynamic loading from astronomical and meteorological (including hurricane storm surge-induced) forces. Systematic experimental investigations are performed to evaluate erosion in finite-length crack

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Foster, Mark, Robin Fell, and Matt Spannagle. "A method for assessing the relative likelihood of failure of embankment dams by piping." Canadian Geotechnical Journal 37, no. 5 (2000): 1025–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t00-029.

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A method for estimating the relative likelihood of failure of embankment dams by piping, the University of New South Wales (UNSW) method, is based on an analysis of historic failures and accidents in embankment dams. The likelihood of failure of a dam by piping is estimated by adjusting the historical frequency of piping failure by weighting factors which take into account the dam zoning, filters, age of the dam, core soil types, compaction, foundation geology, dam performance, and monitoring and surveillance. The method is intended only for preliminary assessments, as a ranking method for por

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Lobbestael, Adam J., Adda Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, and Josh Colley. "Factor of Safety Reduction Factors for Accounting for Progressive Failure for Earthen Levees with Underlying Thin Layers of Sensitive Soils." Mathematical Problems in Engineering 2013 (2013): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/893602.

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The effects of progressive failure on flood embankments with underlying thin layers of soft, sensitive soils are investigated. Finite element analysis allows for investigation of strain-softening effects and progressive failure in soft and sensitive soils. However, limit equilibrium methods for slope stability analysis, widely used in industry, cannot capture these effects and may result in unconservative factors of safety. A parametric analysis was conducted to investigate the effect of thin layers of soft sensitive soils on the stability of flood embankments. A flood embankment was modeled u

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Saghaee, Gholamreza, Ahmad A. Mousa, and Mohamed A. Meguid. "Plausible failure mechanisms of wildlife-damaged earth levees: insights from centrifuge modeling and numerical analysis." Canadian Geotechnical Journal 54, no. 10 (2017): 1496–508. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cgj-2016-0484.

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Earth levees are subject to a wide range of wildlife intrusion patterns that cause mass removal and subsequent serious deformations. Such invasive activities leave the body of an earth embankment with burrow systems too complex to map and model using conventional techniques. This study investigates the impact of different idealized configurations of animal burrows on the geotechnical performance of levees. For this purpose, centrifuge testing was conducted on homogenous scaled-down 1 horizontal : 1 vertical (1H:1V) levee models built from silty sand material. Modeling involved introducing hori

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Manso, Pedro de Almeida, and Anton J. Schleiss. "Stability of concrete macro-roughness linings for overflow protection of earth embankment dams." Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering 29, no. 5 (2002): 762–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/l02-075.

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A macro-roughness lining system for the protection of earth embankment dams during overflow is presented. It consists of precast concrete elements placed on a drainage-separation layer. The main difference between this system and other existing concrete element systems is the stability concept, based on the self-weight of the blocks. Several types of elements were developed and tested in a physical model for a typical dam slope of 1V:3H. Failure conditions were identified after submitting the elements to increasing flow discharges. Furthermore, different foundation drainage and shear condition

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Hunt, Sherry L., Darrel M. Temple, Mitchell L. Neilsen, Abdelfatah Ali, and Ronald D. Tejral. "WinDAM C: Analysis Tool for Predicting Breach Erosion Processes of Embankment Dams Due to Overtopping or Internal Erosion." Applied Engineering in Agriculture 37, no. 3 (2021): 523–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.13031/aea.14334.

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HighlightsThe computational models comprising the current version of WinDAM, called WinDAM C, are summarized.WinDAM C estimates the response of an earthen embankment subjected to overtopping or internal erosion.WinDAM C is a model that quantifies erosion/breach processes observed in physical embankment failure tests.Understanding the current technology and limitations provides a basis for further model development.Abstract. Internal erosion and overtopping erosion of earthen embankments are the leading causes for earthen embankment failures. Challenges like reservoir sedimentation, structural

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Duricic, Jasna, Tarkan Erdik, and Pieter van Gelder. "Predicting peak breach discharge due to embankment dam failure." Journal of Hydroinformatics 15, no. 4 (2013): 1361–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/hydro.2013.196.

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Predicting peak breach discharge due to embankment dam failure is of vital importance for dam failure prevention and mitigation. Because, when dams fail, property damage is certain, but loss of life can vary depending on flood area and population. Many parametric breach models based on regression techniques have been developed so far. In this study, an efficient model is proposed to forecast peak discharge from the height of the water and volume of water behind the dam at failure, respectively, by using the Kriging approach. The previous studies, which consist of 13 numerical models, are used

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Serre, Damien, Laurent Peyras, Corinne Curt, Daniel Boissier, and Youssef Diab. "Évaluation des ouvrages hydrauliques de génie civil." Canadian Geotechnical Journal 44, no. 11 (2007): 1298–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t07-084.

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This paper reviews Cemagref (Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et des forêts) research on assessment of hydraulic works, especially on their performance and safety. A generic functional model has been developed, using reliability methods, to represent the various mecanisms acting on different hydraulic works (gravity and embankment dams, fluvial dikes, etc.). Collecting and analyzing data on the failure of these works allowed us to define structural indicators and the rules for their assessment. Performance indicators for hydraulic works were created through mult

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Okpoli, Cyril, and Raphael Tijani. "Electromagnetic profiling of Owena Dam, Southwestern Nigeria, using very-low-frequency radio fields." Materials and Geoenvironment 63, no. 4 (2016): 237–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/rmzmag-2016-0021.

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AbstractVery low frequency (VLF) was used to assess variations in overburden composition, bedrock lithology and the concealed basement structures within the bedrock of Owena Dam in Igbara-Oke of the Precambrian Basement Complex of Southwestern Nigeria. Five VLF-electromagnetic (EM) traverses were occupied at 5 m intervals. The VLF normal and filtered real component anomalies identify major geological interfaces suspected to be faults/fractured zones. The points of crossover between the real and imaginary components delineate the fractured zones, which were identified as areas of possible seepa

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Schmertmann, John H. "A method for assessing the relative likelihood of failure of embankment dams by piping: Discussion." Canadian Geotechnical Journal 39, no. 2 (2002): 495–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t01-108.

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Foster, Mark, Robin Fell, and Matt Spannagle. "A method for assessing the relative likelihood of failure of embankment dams by piping: Reply." Canadian Geotechnical Journal 39, no. 2 (2002): 497–500. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/t01-109.

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Liu, Xue Yan, Da Jun Yuan, and Ming Jing Jiang. "Macro-Micro Analysis of Soil Failure Mechanism in Unloading Condition." Applied Mechanics and Materials 170-173 (May 2012): 1847–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.170-173.1847.

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Numerical tests are carried out to research mechanism of hydraulic fracturing. As well as that: reservoir storage leads to bending of the embankment dam because of water pressure, especially upright core wall when reservoir storing rapidly, and then bending leads to vertical stress unload. The macro and micro mechanism of soil fracturing in unloading condition are analyzed by the Distinct Element Method (DEM). The results indicate that: (1) Initial stage of specimen will lead to volume response of dilatancy in the unloading condition. Actually, volume response is expressed as dilatancy consist

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Dolgova, Natalia, Julia Larionova, Inna Gubanova, and Anastasia Shirokolobova. "Professional Linguistic Identity of a Mining Engineer: Formation Levels." E3S Web of Conferences 174 (2020): 04033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017404033.

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The paper deals with professional linguistic identity, the study of which is the priority area of cognitive terminology studies. The purpose of the paper is to analyze the development stages of professional linguistic identity of a mining engineer dealing with tailing dams and embankments and failures and accidents on them. The analysis of a mining engineer professional linguistic identity formation was carried out according to the three level system: 1) the level of specialist professional consciousness; 2) the verbal level; 3) the motivation and pragmatic level. As the result of this investi

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Alhasan, Zakaraya, Jan Jandora, and Jaromír Říha. "Study of Dam-break Due to Overtopping of Four Small Dams in the Czech Republic." Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis 63, no. 3 (2015): 717–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.11118/actaun201563030717.

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Dam-break due to overtopping is one of the most common types of embankment dam failures. During the floods in August 2002 in the Czech Republic, several small dams collapsed due to overtopping. In this paper, an analysis of the dam break process at the Luh, Velký Bělčický, Melín, and Metelský dams breached during the 2002 flood is presented. Comprehensive identification and analysis of the dam shape, properties of dam material and failure scenarios were carried out after the flood event to assemble data for the calibration of a numerical dam break model. A simple one-dimensional mathematical m

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Fergason, K. C., M. L. Rucker, and B. B. Panda. "Methods for monitoring land subsidence and earth fissures in the Western USA." Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences 372 (November 12, 2015): 361–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/piahs-372-361-2015.

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Abstract. Depletion of groundwater resources in many deep alluvial basin aquifers in the Western USA is causing land subsidence, as it does in many regions worldwide. Land subsidence can severely and adversely impact infrastructure by changing the ground elevation, ground slope (grade) and through the development of ground cracks known as earth fissures that can erode into large gullies. Earth fissures have the potential to compromise the foundations of dams, levees, and other infrastructure and cause failure. Subsequent to an evaluation of the overall subsidence experienced in the vicinity of

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Wahyudi, S. Imam, Rick Heikoop, Henny Pratiwi Adi, Tom Overgaauw, Bram Schipper, and Roel Persoon. "Emergency scenarios in the Banger polder, Semarang City: a case study to identify different emergency scenarios." Water Practice and Technology 12, no. 3 (2017): 638–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2017.067.

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In Semarang urban coastal areas experience daily flooding from the sea during high tide (tidal flooding). Flourishing residential areas have changed into unhealthy slums with the nuisance of daily flooding in parts of the city. To overcome these problems a polder system was implemented to address the tidal flooding. The Semarang polder system is the first fully operational polder system in a densely populated urban area in Indonesia. This article describes the polder system that prevents flooding in the Eastern part of the city; the Banger polder area. An important element of the polder system

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Wang, Xiukai, Yao Tang, Bo Huang, Tiantian Hu, and Daosheng Ling. "Review on Numerical Simulation of the Internal Soil Erosion Mechanisms Using the Discrete Element Method." Water 13, no. 2 (2021): 169. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w13020169.

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Internal erosion can trigger severe engineering disasters, such as the failure of embankment dams and uneven settlement of buildings and sinkholes. This paper comprehensively reviewed the mechanisms of soil internal erosion studied by numerical simulation, which can facilitate uncovering the internal erosion mechanism by tracing the movement of particles. The initiation and development of internal erosion are jointly influenced by the geometric, mechanical, and hydraulic conditions, which determine the pore channels and force chains in soil. The geometric conditions are fundamental to erosion

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Koohpeyma, Hamid Reza, Amir Hossein Vakili, Hossein Moayedi, Alireza Panjsetooni, and Ramli Nazir. "Investigating the Effect of Lignosulfonate on Erosion Rate of the Embankments Constructed with Clayey Sand." Scientific World Journal 2013 (2013): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/587462.

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Internal erosion is known as the most important cause of dam failure after overtopping. It is important to improve the erosion resistance of the erodible soil by selecting an effective technique along with the reasonable costs. To prevent internal erosion of embankment dams the use of chemical stabilizers that reduce the soil erodibility potential is highly recommended. In the present study, a lignin-based chemical, known as lignosulfonate, is used to improve the erodibility of clayey sand specimen. The clayey sand was tested in various hydraulic heads in terms of internal erosion in its natur

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Javanmard, Mehran, Reza Mottaghi, and S. M. Mir Mohammad Hosseini. "Investigating the Influence of Penetration Length of Cut-off Wall on its Dynamic Interaction with Core and Foundation of Earth Dam." Civil Engineering Journal 4, no. 12 (2018): 3019. http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/cej-03091217.

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Seepage and flow of water in the soil is one of the most important issue and effective elements in designing embankment dams. One of the methods to control seepage in alluvial foundation of earth dams is to use a plastic concrete cutoff-wall. For better seepage control, the cutoff-wall extends inside the clayey core as the one of common method of connection of cut-off wall and the core. Due to the stiffness difference of the core material and cutoff-wall, and also due to geological situation, physical and mechanical properties of rock and foundation, interaction of core and foundation with cut

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Wilson, Gordon. "The new expertise required for designing safe tailings storage facilities." Soils and Rocks 44, no. 3 (2021): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.28927/sr.2021.067521.

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The global mining community has seen a dangerous sequence of failures in tailings dams, beginning with Mount Polley mine, followed by the Samarco, Cadia Valley and Córrego do Feijão mines. This sequence of failures began on August 4, 2014, at the Mount Polley tailings storage facility in British Columbia, Canada. The initial failure in the embankment at the Mount Polley tailings storage facility had substantial impact on the global mining industry. The Independent Expert Engineering Investigation and Review Panel (IEEIRP) tasked with the investigation of the breach in the tailings dam at Mount

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Al-Homoud, Azm S. "Geologic hazards of an embankment dam constructed across a major, active plate boundary fault." Environmental and Engineering Geoscience 6, no. 4 (2000): 353–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.6.4.353.

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Abstract The geological structures associated with the site of the 55 million m 3 Karameh embankment dam constructed in the Jordan Valley and the tectonic effects on dam foundation and reservoir margins were reviewed. The dam crosses the strike-slip fault of the Jordan Valley Rift Zone. Trace evidence of the fault indicates a displacement of 8 to 15 m over a rupture length of some 130 km, which probably took place several centuries ago. Earthquakes with Richter magnitudes as great as 7.8 have occurred along the Jordan Valley Fault. Deterministic studies by Tapponnier (1992) indicated that the

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"Failure of embankment dams in the United Kingdom." International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences & Geomechanics Abstracts 23, no. 5 (1986): 202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0148-9062(86)90263-9.

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Adamo, Nasrat, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Varoujan Sissakian, Jan Laue, and Sven Knutsson. "Dam Safety: The Question of Tailings Dams." Journal of Earth Sciences and Geotechnical Engineering, September 28, 2020, 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.47260/jesge/1111.

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Tailings’ Dams are mining waste impounding structures. They differ from conventional dams in purpose, design and operation. Percentage wise their failures are higher and posing considerably more safety concerns, causing long lasting devastation on communities, environment, and animal and plant ecosystem. Two basic types of embankment tailings structures are used for tailings impoundments; the Retention Dams and the Raised Dams. Retention dams are built in one operation to a full height, while construction of Raised Dams is a continuous process lasting for the whole useful life of the mine. Rai

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Eka Putra, Doni Prakasa, Juwarso Juwarso, and Dwikorita Karnawati. "Engineering geology evaluation for predicting the collapse susceptibility of Sidoarjo hot mud earth levees: A hazard assessment." Journal of Applied Geology 2, no. 2 (2015). http://dx.doi.org/10.22146/jag.7252.

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Since May 29, 2006, a sea of hot mud has been gushing from the ground in Sidoarjo, East Java, 35 kilometres south of Indonesia’s second largest city, Surabaya. Due to this disaster, approximately thousand of peoples have been forced from their homes because 600 ha of land and villages were submerged, farmland was ruined, businesses and schools closed as the mud inundated the surrounding area. The authorities response was to build containment ‘basins’ or ‘ponds’ by enclosing areas of land within earth dams, or levees. During the heavy rain on the rainy season, the earth dams and ringdykes have

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"Dam Failure Model to Predict Inundation Hazard Map for Emergency Plan." International Journal of Engineering and Advanced Technology 9, no. 1 (2019): 249–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.35940/ijeat.a1132.109119.

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The construction of dams can offer many advantages, but their failure could result in major damages, including loss of life and property destruction. The research aims to model dam failure for Mapping Hazard area including inundation height and arrival time. A key scenario for dam failure is partial breach of embankment dam: overtopping and piping. The overtopping shape modeling was simulated in triangle and trapezoidal shapes. The piping failure modeling is simulated as orifice with rectangular shape. This study was conducted by using the integration of hydraulic modeling, which used a numeri

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Grussu, Marcello, Francesco Scarton, Emiliano Verza, and Roberto G. Valle. "Long term trends and breeding parameters of Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica in three Italian coastal sites." Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia 89, no. 2 (2020). http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/rio.2019.438.

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Between 2001 and 2018 colonies of Gull-billed Tern were monitored in large wetland complexes of Veneto (lagoon of Venice and the Northern Po Delta) and Sardinia (western and southern) regions. Most of the colonies settled in man-made structures such as islets, levees, dams, located inside fish farms, fish ponds and salt pans. Laying took place around half May until early June (Veneto), with eggs occurring in the nests until half July (Sardinia). Colonies had 3-230 pairs, with several instances of isolated pairs; colonies were mono- or plurispecific, with other Charadriiformes. The number of eg

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Gupta, Ankita, and Vinay Bhushan Chauhan. "Assessment of the Reinforced Slope Stability Under Earthquake Loading." Journal of Geotechnical Engineering 8, no. 2 (2021). http://dx.doi.org/10.37591/joge.v8i2.5796.

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Failure of the soil slopes by dynamic excitation is one of the most vital geotechnical earthquake hazards which may lead to serious destruction to the bridge abutments, dams, embankment, and structures resting on the slope. Moreover, due to deficient space available for the construction of slopes in urban areas, high and steep slope is constructed by geotextile reinforcement slopes. In this study, numerical modelling is made to study the behaviour of soil slope reinforced by geotextile under earthquake loading using the finite element method available in, optumG2. The value of the factor of sa

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Webber, Michael, Jon Barnett, Brian Finlayson, and Mark Wang. "Managing the Yellow River: Questions of Borders, Boundaries and Access." Transforming Cultures eJournal 1, no. 2 (2006). http://dx.doi.org/10.5130/tfc.v1i2.272.

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The Yellow River basin is the site of myriad water resource problems. The Yellow River has natural geomorphological characteristics that include seasonally variable flow, very high sediment load, and the capacity to flood with devastating effect. However, people have long sought to harness the water of the Yellow River to their own industrial and agricultural ends, so as to attain the things that they value, like good health, economic growth, and employment. Intensive human use of the basin now poses new managerial problems. The Yellow River’s problems thus now include water scarcity, pollutio

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Ivoke, John, Mohammad Sadik Khan, and Masoud Nobahar. "Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity Variation of Expansive Yazoo Clay with Wet-Dry Cycles." Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, May 29, 2021, 036119812110119. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03611981211011994.

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Expansive soils are subjected to shrink-swell behavior with moisture variation in Mississippi, United States. With successive moisture and temperature variations over the seasons, the hydraulic conductivity of expansive soil is subjected to change because of the development of shrinkage cracks, which can be as large as as 1.2 cm wide and 1.5 m deep in the field, affecting the vertical hydraulic conductivity (Kv), whereas the horizontal hydraulic conductivity (Kh) remains fairly constant. The current study intends to investigate the hydraulic conductivity of highly expansive Yazoo clay at diffe

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