Existing dams are mainly used for creating along river reservoirs filled by gravity. The potential of new such uses is limited in most countries the lack sites, competitive cost wind or solar energy supply and criticism environmental impacts. But there a huge large pumping. Such use will probably be very important after 2030 storage which become main sources electricity. Very off rivers have fu...

In this paper, a methodology for the optimal management of a combined irrigation and water supply system based on model predictive control (MPC) is proposed. A controloriented modelling methodology for this type of systems is presented as well. MPC is used to generate flow control strategies from the sources to the consumer and irrigation areas to meet future demands with appropriate flows, opt...

doruntash ancient city )tchoghazanbil( was built about13 th century b.c and middle period of elam civilization. as a complex ,doruntash was protected by three concentrated walls which are named: inner wall, middle wall and outer wall .big ziggurat ,mausoleums and palaces are some of the must monuments of the ancient city .tchoghazanbil is also famous for its water technologies and water element...

Dams have made great contributions to human society, facilitating flood control, power generation, shipping, agriculture, and industry. However, the construction of dams greatly impacts downstream ecological environments nearby marine areas. The present manuscript presents a comprehensive review influence activities on environment, especially effect dam ecosystems river estuaries areas, so as p...

Reservoirs have been built in almost all of the hydrographic basins of Brazil. Their purposes include water supply for cities, irrigation and mainly, generation of electricity. There are more than 700 large dams and associated reservoirs in the large rivers of the country. These reservoirs favor local and regional economic development, but they also bring serious and irreversible alterations in...

Land use and climate change can accelerate the depletion of freshwater resources that support humans and ecosystem services on a global scale. Here, we briefly review studies from around the world, and highlight those in this special issue. We identify stages that characterize increasing interaction between land use and climate change. During the first stage, hydrologic modifications and the bu...

arch dams are generally built in cantilvever monoliths. vertical contraction joints between monoliths control the stresses due to concrete shrinkage and temperature variations. past studies in earthquake safety evaluation of the system often show the tensile fracture and local nonlinear deformation of joints. in this paper, some nonlinear joint element constitutive models are presented to exami...