Concrete dam structures respond to various influencing factors with complex nonlinear characteristics and notable time lags. Deformation serves as a crucial monitoring metric, providing a direct ...

Landslide dams are accumulations of soil and rock resulting from geological events like landslides and collapses, obstructing river channels. They possess distinct geometric characteristics, material ...

As engineers at California’s Oroville dam began to investigate what led to the failure of the main spillway during heavy runoff in February and analyze solutions, they looked for help nearly a ...

When the Oroville Dam spillway cracked and failed after a wet California winter, a team of scientists created a one fiftieth–scale model of the damaged concrete and eroded hillside to help guide the ...