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Advantages of pseudo-3D consolidation analysis with SVSOLID, SVFLUX
- Sep, 10, 2020
- Dam Engineering Tailings Dams News On Software Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Soil Mechanics Soil Behavior Modeling
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Tailings Management Facilities (TMFs) require the numerical modeling of large-strain consolidation to represent the release of water with time. Such numerical modeling in the state of practice has tr...
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How to create 3D dykes using SOIVISION 3D extrusion tools
- Sep, 04, 2020
- Dam Engineering News On Software Numerical & Constitutive Modeling
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Advanced 3D tools such as SVDESIGNER offer a lot of power to the user, but such power is not always necessary when creating 3D models. The 3D extrusion tools that exist in SOILVISION offer a simpl...
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China's Three Gorges Dam under pressure: Flood hazard downstream
- Jul, 28, 2020
- Dam Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- China, Yichang Shi
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
As China has been devastated by heavy rainfalls, the Three Gorges Dam is under heavy flood pressure. The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric dam situated in the Yangtze River in Hubei province, China...
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China devastated by extreme rainfalls: Dam destroyed to alleviate flooding
- Jul, 19, 2020
- Dam Engineering Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- China
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
China decided to demolish a dam in order to reduce the upstream flooding and prevent further distractions as the country is devastated by extreme rainfalls. China has been struck by a series of persi...
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China directs attention to solar and wind power: Beginning of an end for vast dam projects
China is leaning towards utilizing wind and solar power, something that will alter the country's strategy on mega-dam projects. China has great potential for hydropower generation. Its rivers flow fr...
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History of the Hoover Dam
Introduction Hoover Dam is the tallest arch dam constructed in the United States and forms one of the largest artificial reservoirs worldwide. The facility was initially named Boulder Dam but the...
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Michigan dam failures raise concerns about United States deteriorating infrastructure
- May, 19, 2020
- Dam Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On May 19, 2020, two dams in Michigan breached causing extensive flooding and infrastructure damage, and raising questions about the United States deteriorating dam structures. Both earth dams were l...
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Two Michigan dams breached causing extensive flooding and massive evacuations
- May, 19, 2020
- Dam Engineering Earth / Rockfill Dams Groundwater & Seepage News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Michigan, Beaverton
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Thousands of people have been evacuated after 2 dams in Michigan breached following heavy rainfalls. Both the Edenville and the Sanford dams, distanced about 11 kilometers apart and situated 225 kilo...
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The causes of the Whaley Bridge dam failure
- Feb, 10, 2020
- Dam Engineering News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Back in August 2019, the Whaley bridge dam partially collapsed and officials evacuated a town in fear of a total failure. Now, the causes of the dam's failure have been revealed. The dam is establish...
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PLAXIS example: Westergaard's added mass for hydrodynamic pressures
- Mar, 11, 2020
- Dam Engineering News On Software Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
PLAXIS 2D/3D latest CONNECT Edition (V20 Update 1) introduced the newly implemented Westergaard's added-mass feature to deal with the hydrodynamic effects induced by the impounded water on the respo...
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