Dam engineering

CIVIL-411

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Welcome to the course on "Dam Engineering".

Your lecturers: Dr Pedro Manso & Dr. Giovanni De Cesare


Week #01 (09.09.2025) - Dam types and selection criteria. Introd. to gravity dams

Please find below the updated presentations for Civil 411.

Week #02 (16.09) - Gravity dams: foundation, stability, stresses


Week #03 (23.09) - Gravity Dams. Seismic behaviour.


Week #04 (30.09) - Hollow gravity and Buttress dams


Week #05 (07.10) - Arch dams: foundation requirements and geometry definition


Week #06 (14.10) - Technical site visit to Rossens dam and Schiffenen dam


Week #07 (29.10) - Arch dams: preliminary design


Week #08 (04.11) - Dam surveillance and Emergency Preparedness planning


Week #09 (11.11) - Arch Dams - design methods


Week #10 (18.11) - Foundation treatment, concrete technology + Introduction to Embankment dams


W#11 (25.11) - Embankment dams: foundation and material criteria. Dam types


Week #12 (02.12) - Embankments dams


W#13 (09.12) - Embankment dams: qualification of materials & safety against earthquakes


W#14 (16.12) - Bottom outlets ¦ Heightening of dams and reservoirs


Exercices Civil-411


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