Embankment dams
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| # | Name | Country | height |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurek Dam | Tajikistan | 300 m |
| 2 | Tehri Dam | India | 260.5000 m |
| 3 | Alberto Lleras Dam | Colombia | 247 m |
| 4 | Mica Dam | Canada | 240 m |
| 5 | Oroville Dam | USA | 235 m |
| 6 | Keban Dam | Turkey | 210 m |
| 7 | Seven Oaks Dam | USA | 198 m |
| 8 | Itaipu Dam | Brazil | 196 m |
| 9 | Altinkaya Dam | Turkey | 195 m |
| 10 | Kárahnjúkar Dam | Iceland | 193 m |
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Rogun Dam, Tajikistan – the world’s highest dam
The Rogun Dam is a dam under construction on the Vakhsh River in central Tajikistan. The dam is one of ten hydroelectric projects that are planned or in operation along the river. Originally, construction work began in 1980, but was time ... [more]
Tocoma Dam ensures energy supply in Venezuela
The Manuel Piar hydropower station and Tocoma Dam are located approximately 85 km from the town of Puerto Ordaz in the federal state of Bolívar in Venezuela. The project is the last phase of a construction project aimed at ensuring elect ... [more]
Lift-off tests at West Point Dam and Robert F. Henry Dam
In the 1960s and 70s, the US Army Corps of Engineers regularly used high-strength, smooth, post-tension steel bar tendons for trunnion girder anchorages in many of the dams constructed in this period. These are the structural elements th ... [more]
Literature
- (2014): An adaptive methodology for risk classification of small homogeneous earthfill embankment dams integrating climate change projections. In: Civil Engineering and Environmental Systems, v. 31, n. 2 (April 2014), pp. 111-124.
- (1991): Alimentation en eau. Région méditerranéenne: le barrage en remblai de la Verne (Var). In: Travaux, n. 665 (May 1991), pp. 20-26.
- (2018): An analytical model for the monitoring of pore water pressure inside embankment dams. In: Engineering Structures, v. 160 (April 2018), pp. 356-365.
- (2011): Arthur Penman and his contributions to embankment dam engineering. In: Dams and Reservoirs, v. 21, n. 2 (June 2011), pp. 63-76.
- (1996): Assessing construction technology by integrating constructed product and construction process complexities: a case study of embankment dams in Thailand. In: Construction Management and Economics, v. 14, n. 6 (November 1996), pp. 467-484.
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