Embankment dam breach analysis encompasses the investigation and modelling of failure mechanisms in earthen structures that retain water. Research in this field addresses both the physical and ...

More than five years after the catastrophic failure of the Edenville Dam, crews are deep into the most complex and costly phase of its restoration. The dam, which once held back Wixom Lake, breached ...

Originally built in 1958, the Priest Rapids Dam is a composite structure with a center-channel spillway and powerhouse and a left and right embankment. Through proactive hazard identification modeling ...

Construction has restarted on the northern embankment of Sanford Dam. The work begins after last week's announcement from the Michigan Supreme Court of its denial to hear Heron Cove Association appeal ...

When a sinkhole was discovered near the base of the Boone Dam embankment, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s dam safety engineers went to work determining the best fix. The complexity of the work and ...