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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

A massive dam wall in the heart of Jerusalem has been fully excavated by a team of Israeli researchers and dated precisely to 2,800 years ago, the time of biblical kings Joash and Amaziah of Judah, ...

SALINE, MI — A decision on the fate of an iconic dam in Saline is expected by early next year, as city officials continue exploring options — whether it should be removed or restored. Saline City ...

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 ...