The paper describes the results of a project which aims to improve the capabilities of an information system (IS) which supports the management of safety of dams. The improvement has been achieved through the incorporation of additional components developed using artificial intelligence concepts and technologies. We describe the pre-existing IS (comprised of automatic monitoring systems, teleme...

Dams are man-made structures that in order to keep functioning and to be considered structurally healthy need constant monitoring. Assessing the deformation of dams can be time consuming and economically costly. Recently, the technique of Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) has proved its potential to measure ground and structural deformation. This geodetic method represents a cost...

Failure analysis of the dam-foundation interface in concrete dams is characterized by complexity, uncertainties on models and parameters, and a strong non-linear softening behavior. In practice, these uncertainties are dealt with a well-structured mixture of experience, best practices and prudent, conservative design approaches based on the safety factor concept. Yet, a sound, deep knowledge of...

The Benínar Dam, located in Southeastern Spain, is an earth-fill dam that has experienced filtration issues since its construction 1985. Despite the installation of various monitoring systems, data collected are sparse and inadequate for dam’s lifetime. present research integrates Multi-Temporal Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (MT-InSAR) modeling to validate this dam, opening way enhan...

In Part 1 of this paper, we presented the engineering design and instrumentation of the Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System (JSATS) cabled system, a nonproprietary sensing technology developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District (Oregon, USA) to meet the needs for monitoring the survival of juvenile salmonids through the hydroelectric facilities within the Federal Colum...

The paper emphasizes the main lessons learned from hydromorphological monitoring following removal of a medium-sized dam (7.29 m) located on medium energy gravel bed river over four year period (2015–2019). Pierre Glissotte was previously upper Yonne (Morvan massif), where it an obstacle to sediment continuity and almost completely filled with sand silts. removed in two steps, first July 2015 s...

A decline in marine water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) lagoon is associated with terrestrial runoff discharged from adjacent GBR catchments. Reef Plan 2013 outlines water quality targets to address this decline, with the eWater CRC Source Catchment modelling framework used to report progress towards meeting these targets. Catchment modelling is an ideal tool to investigate cons...

The aim of this paper is to describe how ground-based radar interferometry can provide displacement measurements of earth dam surfaces and of vibration frequencies of its main concrete infrastructures. In many cases, dams were built many decades ago and, at that time, were not equipped with in situ sensors embedded in the structure when they were built. Earth dams have scattering properties sim...

Monitoring the static and dynamic behaviour of large dams has always been a topic of great importance, due to the impact these structures have on the whole landscape where they are built. Many instruments and surveying methods have been applied so far in order to continuously access to the safety of this kind of huge structures. However, the common approach in a lot of developments has been foc...