NW-IALAD: Network - Integrity assessment of large concrete dams

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 01.0291

Key words (English)

Economic Aspects; Environmental Protection; Industrial Manufacture; Innovation; Technology Transfer; Safety

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: G1RT-CT-2002-05076

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.1 Innovative products, processes and organization

Short description (English)

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Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
Bundesamt für Wasser- und Geologie BWG

Abstract (English)

The integrity and safety assessment of concrete dams plays an important role for the infrastructure of many EU states. The water reservoirs created by those dams are often considered as a potential hazard to the population. The safety of these important structures is of great concern to the owners, operators and engineers as well as to the public. This is the motivation to establish a thematic network, which brings together stakeholders to conduct a state of the art review on integrity and safety assessment tools for concrete dams. The aims of the network are to compare and critically review the current practice of dams calculation and safety assessment, to conduct a systematic comparison of enhanced models for the numerical simulation of the structural behaviour of concrete dams and to develop further plans and strategies for research.

The objectives of the network are:- to compare and critically review the current practice of dam calculations and of dam safety assessment in different European countries;- to conduct a systematic comparison of enhanced models for the numerical simulation of the structural behaviour of concrete dams, which have been developed at European research institutions, and- based on the results of the state of the art review, the development of plans and strategies for further research activities.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
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CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
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Swiss Project-Number: 01.0291