On-Demand Webinars
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The focus of this webinar is to present the most common failure modes at dams and provide information on actions that can be taken to prevent or delay each failure mode. Case studies will be used to show examples of successful interventions.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the November 10, 2020 live webinar.The aim of this webinar is to describe key socio-psychological insights and apply them to the practice of dam engineering, with an emphasis on judgment and decision-making.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the October 13, 2020 live webinar. This course will involve the presentation of the Delhi Dam failure case history. Delhi Dam failed on July 24, 2010 during a record storm.
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This is an ON-DEMAND recording of the August 11, 2020 live event. This course will provide an overview of commonly observed issues associated with the most common type of spillway for relatively small dams (riser and low-level conduit).
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the July 14, 2020 live webinar. This course will survey dam breach analysis methods currently in use. Difference in methodology, analysis steps, assumptions, and results will be described.
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This is an ON-DEMAND recording of the June 9, 2020 live webinar. In this webinar, Utpal Sandesara and Tom Wooten will discuss their book “No One Had a Tongue to Speak: The Untold Story of One of History’s Deadliest Floods.” The course will cover the social causes and social consequences of the 1979 failure of the Machhu Dam-II in Gujarat, India.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the May 19, 2020 live webinar. This course will provide information about the Teton Dam, the failure, ensuing investigations, and the changes that were implemented in the years that followed.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the April 14, 2020 live webinar. This course will provide an overview of the best methods and materials for concrete repair and maintenance.
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This webinar will provide an orientation to Oroville Dam and the State Water Control Project, discuss the February 2017 incident and present the immediate recovery response as well as the permanent modifications made to the spillways.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the February 11, 2020 live webinar.The webinar will offer examples of rock scour events impacting the safety of dams as well as provide an overview of scour mechanisms including discussion of key geologic controls and hydraulic drivers of the scouring process.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the January 14, 2020 live event. This webinar will review the design and construction of filters and drains for embankment dams. Specific topics covered will include 1) principles of filters and drains, 2) locations and configurations of filters and drains in embankment dams (for both new dams and dam rehabilitations), 3) design guidelines for filters and drains, 4) evaluations of filters and drains in existing embankment dams, and 5) practical considerations for design and construction of filters and drains.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the December 10, 2019 live webinar. This is the second of a two-part series on overtopping protection systems for embankment and concrete dams. This course will present many of the overtopping protection systems currently in use, describing for each their range of design applications, construction considerations, and potential limitations and risks.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the November 12, 2019 live webinar. This is the first of a two-part series on overtopping protection systems for embankment and concrete dams. This course will present many of the overtopping protection systems currently in use, describing for each their range of design applications, construction considerations, and potential limitations and risks.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the October 8, 2019 live webinar. WinDAM software estimates the erosion and breach outflows from overtopping flows and internal erosion flows affecting earthen embankments. This webinar will provide an overview of the WinDAM model and the various inputs needed. The webinar will also cover output from WinDAM. The webinar will target users and designers more than researchers.
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This is ON-DEMAND version of the August 13, 2019 live webinar. This webinar will review the 1938 construction failure of the upstream slope of Fort Peck Dam, Montana.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the July 9, 2019 live webinar. This webinar will review Upper and Lower San Fernando Dams field performance case histories from the 1971 San Fernando earthquake.
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This course is intended to provide guidance on the proper selection and installation of waterstops for hydraulic structures.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the May 14, 2019 live webinar. This webinar will start with the most basic seepage concepts and finalize on actual evaluation of piezometric data for earth dams and levees.
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the April 9, 2019 live event. The course will describe the evolution of prestressed rock anchor technology as applied for over 50 years to dams in North America. This evolution will be presented through an analysis of the successive phases of the PTI "Recommendations" documents, which constitute the referenceable standard of care. Special attention will be paid to issues associated with long-term performance and the so called "Legacy Anchors."
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This is an ON-DEMAND version of the March 12, 2019 live webinar. This webinar is intended to give participants an understanding of cavitation on chutes and spillways.
