{"product_id":"ensuring-reservoir-safety-into-the-future-ritish-dam-society-conference-2008-9780727735225","title":"Ensuring Reservoir Safety into the Future ritish","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContains the proceedings of the 15th Conference of the British Dam Society, Ensuring reservoir safety into the future, covering a variety of issues relating to reservoir safety, particularly in the UK. This book presents information on the effect that the significant storm events in the summer of 2007 could have on UK reservoir safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Internal erosion  Locating the leakage route at Torside Reservoir using the Willowstick AquaTrack system  Assessing the vulnerability of a typical British embankment  Progress in assessing internal erosion  Defra research into internal erosion  Possible indicators of internal erosion prone dams comprising broadly graded materials 2. Dam break analysis and risk assessment  Application of the Interim Guide to Quantitative Risk Assessment across multiple dam owners by multiple Jacobs offices  The influence of infrastructure embankments on the consequences of dam failure  Reservoir flood plans - towards implementation  Assessing dam breach hazard in Cyprus  Dambreak and emergency planning: meeting end user needs  A step change in reservoir safety management: Quantitative Risk Assessment and its strategic implications 3. Design, analysis and monitoring  Spillway gate design features which can cause vibration  A method of mitigating tree blockage to bridges on a spillway  Recent advances in the numerical modelling of embankment dams  Development of an integral system for dam and landslide monitoring based on distributed fibre optic technology  Nonlinear seismic assessment of lightly reinforced concrete intake towers 4. 2007 storms and UK reservoir safety issues  The Defra research programme and its management  The implications of the 2007 summer storms for UK reservoir safety  Ulley Reservoir and high velocity spillway flows  Supervising engineer's account and reflections on a major reservoir safety incident  The safety of small British reservoirs  Investigations of potential reservoirs  Post-incident reporting: learning from experience to promote reservoir safety  The application of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) and Reservoir Acts 5. Construction, remedial works and discontinuance  Bradford area reservoirs' group - flood routing remedial works at Leeming, Doe Park and Hewenden Reservoirs  Remedial works at Sutton Bingham Reservoir  Llwyn-on Reservoir scour valve refurbishment  The repair of Lyn Morwinion Dam  The discontinuance of dams - it's not each and it can be expensive  The staged construction of Imang Dam  Inoperable reservoir valves - why wait for the inspection?  Queen Mary and King George V Reservoirs emergence draw down schemes  A new geomembranes system in construction of fill dams: concepts and 2 case studies  Rutland habitats - design of reservoirs for environmental habitat benefits  Reservoir repair and upgrade: still the same issues?  Decommissioning, discontinuation and abandonment of dams: is there a case for a national strategy?  Clunie Dam anchoring works","brand":"Emerald Publishing Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49526250209623,"sku":"9780727735225","price":187.15,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780727735225.jpg?v=1731863503","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/ensuring-reservoir-safety-into-the-future-ritish-dam-society-conference-2008-9780727735225","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}