Case Study: Dam Safety during Construction, Lessons of the Overtopping Diversion Works at Aguamilpa Dam

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1121-1127

  Marengo, H ^a  

^a Centro Nacional Alterno   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Case reports; Dams; Mexico; Risk management; Wave overtopping

Indexed keywords

DAMS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION; FLOW OF WATER; PROBABILITY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

CASE REPORTS; CASE-STUDIES; DAM SAFETY; FLOW EVENTS; MAXIMUM FLOWS; ME-XICO; OVERTOPPING EVENTS; RISKS MANAGEMENT; WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS; WAVES OVERTOPPING;

RISK MANAGEMENT; CONCRETE DAMS;

HYDROLOGIC DATA; MAXIMUM HYDRAULIC CAPACITY; WAVE OVERTOPPING;

CONCRETE DAMS; CONSTRUCTION; FLOW OF WATER; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

DAM CONSTRUCTION; DAM FAILURE; FLOOD CONTROL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; WATER LEVEL;

AGUAMILPA DAM; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NAYARIT; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750126661     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2006)132:11(1121)     Document Type: Article

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