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Success factors for dam engineering industry: systematic literature review and conceptual classification
Dam engineering projects have significant economic, social and environmental impacts. Compared to other types of infrastructure, they have a higher...
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Stability of Tailings Dam Constructed by both Upstream and Centerline Methods
In China, there are more than 12,000 tailings ponds, and the number is still growing. With the rapidly increasing number of tailings ponds, the...
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Numerical Analysis of Tailings Dam Break Based on GDEM-GAVA
This study provides a predictive analysis of the potential disaster trajectory and extent of a tailings dam in Guangdong Province using GDEM-GAVA...
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Probabilistic map** of life loss due to dam-break flooding
Assessment of flood damage caused by dam failures is typically performed deterministically on the basis of a single preselected scenario, neglecting...
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Probabilistic dam breach flood modeling: the case of Valsamiotis dam in Crete
Flooding from dam failure has disastrous downstream impacts resulting in loss of life, damage to buildings and infrastructure, and crop destruction....
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Characteristics of debris flow impact on a double-row slit dam
To accurately predict impact loads can ensure the safe operation of debris flow control projects. The instantaneous impact process is usually...
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Numerical study of Shahrchay dam break and locating the flood prone areas of Urmia city led from it
Shahrchay dam is one of the dams that, due to its geological and climatic conditions, there exists a considerable possibility of overflow and...
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Insights from the Compilation and Critical Assessment of Breach and Runout Characteristics from Historical Tailings Dam Failures: Implications for Numerical Modelling
Numerical models are used for detailed and site-specific tailings dam breach analyses (TDBAs) to estimate the downstream inundation and deposition...
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Physical and numerical modeling of the hypothetical tailings dam breach runout and mitigation with a slurry-resisting barrier
The potential breach of the tailings dams has caused the loss of many lives, considerable property damage, and irreversible pollution in downstream...
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Effect of Geological and Geomorphological Factors on Gotvand Dam Water Quality
AbstractThis research aimed to investigate the effect of geological and geomorphological factors on the water quality of Gotvand Dam in Iran. Given...
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Analysis of Uncertainty and Sensitivity in Tailings Dam Breach-Runout Numerical Modelling
Tailings dam breaches (TDBs) and subsequent flows can pose significant risk to public safety, the environment, and the economy. Numerical runout...
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Failure analysis and flow dynamic modeling using a new slow-flow functionality: the 2022 Jiaokou (China) tailings dam breach
On March 27, 2022, a tailings dam in Jiaokou County, Shanxi Province, China, experienced a sudden breach leading to 224,000 m 3 of released tailings...
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The Optimal Approach to Valuing Mud Stored in Dam Reservoirs—Case Study of Morocco
Since dams are built on rivers generally to store water, they also store solid materials from floods. These materials settle and consolidate to...
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Geotechnical analysis on the erodibility of tailings from the Fundão dam collapse
The collapse of the Fundão dam was responsible for generating numerous environmental impacts. The Gualaxo do Norte River basin was one of the areas...
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Assessment of interaction between a waste storage dam and instability in downstream right-side slope by 3D numerical analyses
Waste dams (tailings) are used for storing the byproducts of mining operations and are very common in the mining industry. As the material they are...
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Sediment sources and their impacts on a check dam-controlled watershed, Loess Plateau, China
Soil erosion is a major issue in Loess Plateau, China, and quantitative analyses of sediment sources are crucial for soil erosion control. In this...
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GIS-Based Multi-criteria Decision-Making Techniques and Analytical Hierarchical Process for Flash Flood Risk Assessment Due to a Possible Dam Break in Urban Arid Environment: Case Study of Biskra City, Southern Algeria
Urban flooding is the most frequent and damaging of all natural hazards, including those caused by dam breaks. One flood mitigation and control...
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Hypothetical failure of the Khassa Chai dam and flood risk analysis for Kirkuk, Iraq
Many of Iraqi's high-hazard dams lack an Emergency Action Plan, which should include a flood inundation map to show which downstream areas would be...
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Assessing the effectiveness of artificial intelligence models in predicting Zayanderud dam inflow at different time scales
The challenge of managing sustainable water supply is growing more complex as a result of global climate change. The utilization of dams and...
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An AHP-DEMATEL health diagnosis model and its application in the Shuikou dam
With the unprecedented hydropower development over the last five decades, consequently, it is essential to conduct an evaluation and prediction of...
