Foreword
The theme of the 25th USSD Conference was Technologies to Enhance Dam Safety and the Environment. The Conference technical program was organized by the USSD Committee on Materials for Embankment Dams, with assistance from the Committees on Construction and Rehabilitation; Dam Safety and Dam Security; Earthquakes; Environment; Hydraulics of Dams; and Public Awareness.
The Conference focused on a broad range of topics related to applications of current technologies for dams and dam safety, featuring feature technologies which mitigate adverse environmental effects, or enhance positive environmental effects associated with dams. The conference provided a forum for dam engineers, dam owners and operators, and environmental managers and interest groups to share and discuss new and innovative technologies in engineering, construction, monitoring and risk management. Proven technologies for embankment dams, concrete dams, spillways, hydraulic control systems, environmental remediation, dam security, hydraulics, hydrology, instrumentation and seismic and geotechnical issues were discussed.
A total of 62 papers are included in this Proceedings. Authors include specialists with broad experience from government agencies, utilities, academia, water districts, consulting firms and private industry.
The Conference Organizing Committee extends thanks and appreciation to the Host of the 25th Annual Meeting and Conference, the Bureau of Reclamation.
Special thanks are also extended to the Committee Members who selected the abstracts and reviewed the technical papers, and to the authors who prepared the papers included in this Proceedings.
Contents
Plenary Session
A Review of Filter Criteria for Embankment Dams (Part 1)
...1
David E.Kleiner, MWH Americas
Ridges Basin Dam - Construction of a "State of the
Art" Structure in Pieces
...13
RickEhat, Jim
Gates and BarryLongwell, Bureau of Reclamation
Technologies for Aging Dams
Overholser Dam - Ambursen
Structure Rehabilitation...27
Ed A. Toms and
Don Poulter, Boyle Engineering Corporation; and Sam Samandi
and Pat Yonikas, City of Oklahoma City
David D. Terry Lock
and Dam ASR Repairs...35
Robin G. Charlwood, Robin Charlwood & Associates;
James H. Rutherford,
Acres International Corporation; Dan
Curtis, Acres International Limited; Alexander
I. Feldman, Shannon & Wilson Inc.; and Larry Winters, Corps of
Engineers
Updated Assessment of
Concrete Growth Effects on a TVA Dam...53
Dan D. Curtis, Acres International; Bradley J. Davis,
Tennessee Valley Authority;
and Shahzad Rahman
and Rex C. Powell, Acres International
Emergency Repair of
Hyrum Dam Spillway...71
Bruce Barrett and Brandt Demars,
Bureau of Reclamation
Gross Dam Inlet Gate
Addition...81
Jim Weldon, Denver
Water; and Mike Morgan and Chander Sehgal, MWH
Unique Steel Lined El Vado Dam...95
Wayne W.Xia, Daniel
E.Grundvig and Charles Madsen, Bureau of Reclamation
Construction of a
Self-Hardening Slurry Cutoff Wall at Taylorsville Dam, Ohio...105
Michael J. Fisher and Kenneth B. Andromalos, Brayman
Environmental; and
Douglas N. Johnson, Miami Conservancy District
Using Post-Tensioned
Rock Anchors to Stabilize a Concrete Gravity Dam
in Oklahoma...113
Gregg Batchelder Adams, URS
Corporation; Ying-Kit Choi, BasePoint Design
Corporation; and Mark Kalvels, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Upper
Stillwater Dam Crack
Repair...123
Bruce Barrett and Jan Ringel,
Bureau of Reclamation
Hydrologic
and Hydraulics Technologies
Erosion Analysis of
Unlined Spillways...133
Johannes L.Wibowo and S.
K.Nanda, Corps of Engineers
Simplified Breach
Analysis Model for Homogeneous Embankments: Part I,
Background and Model Components...151
Darrel M. Temple and Gregory J. Hanson,
Agricultural Research Service, USDA;
Mitchell L. Neilsen,
Kansas State University; and Kevin R. Cook,
Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA
Simplified Breach
Analysis Model for Homogeneous Embankments: Part II,
Parameter Inputs and Variable Scale Model Comparisons...163
Gregory J. Hanson and Darrel M. Temple,
Agricultural Research Service, USDA;
Mark Morris and Mohamed Hassan, HR
Wallingford; and Kevin Cook, Natural
Resources Conservaton Service, USDA
Spatial Data and
Hydrology: Where are We?...175
Richard Pearce, Vector Colorado LLC
A GIS Primer for
Hydrologic Modeling...185
Kurt A. Staller and Christopher D. Krebs, Gannett Fleming, Inc.
Spillways in U.S. as
Compared with Spillways Abroad...195
F. Lemperiere, Hydrocoop; and C. Bessiere,
Ingérop
Operating a Spillway
Outside of Typical Design Criteria...209
Robert J. Buchholz
and Laurie L.Ebner,
Corps of Engineers
Improving the Safety of
an Old Austrian Dam...219
GüntherHeigerth, Alfred
Hammer and ThomasGeisler, Graz
University of
Technology
Design and Construction
of an Inclined Multi-Level Structure for High
Savery Dam...233
Victor E.Anderson and Curtis
H. Downing, States West Water Resources
Rehabilitation of
Folsom Dam Stilling Basin...243
Rick L.Poeppelman, Corps of Engineers; and Yunjing (Vicky)
Zhang and
Peter J.Hradilek,
HDR Engineering
Tainter Gate Testing and Evaluation - Rocky
Reach Hydroelectric Project...253
Kim A.
Hansen, Mead &
Hunt, Inc.,M. Gene Yow, Public Utility District No. 1
of Chelan County; and Yiying Xiong, Mead
& Hunt, Inc.
Construction Technologies
Deer Creek Dam
Foundation Modification...263
Bruce Barrett, CurtPledger
and BrandtDemars,
Bureau of Reclamation
Pineview Dam Modifications...273
Bruce Barrett, Jan
Ringel and Scott Elliott, Bureau of Reclamation
A Case History -
Dewatering the Saluda Dam...285
Howard W. Gault and Kerry
J. McCarney, Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc.;
Harry Baghezadeh, Griffin Dewatering SE, LLC; and Raymond Ammarell,
South Carolina Electric & Gas, Inc.
Remediation of RCC Dam
Seepage, Upper Stillwater Dam Rehabilitation -
Phase I...297
Ron F. Hall, Nicholson Construction Company; Jeff
C. Allen, ASI-RCC, Inc.; and
Paul Krumm, Nicholson Construction
Company
Design and
Construction of an Exposed Geomembrane System for the
Olivenhain Dam...307
Kenneth A. Steele, San Diego
County Water Authority; Glenn S. Tarbox
and
Michael F. Rogers, MWH; and Paul G. Schweiger, Gannett
Fleming, Inc.
High Capacity Rock
Anchors for Dams: Some Fundamental Observations on the
Analysis of Stressing
Data...323
D. A. Bruce, Geosystems, L.P.; J. J. Jensen,
Jensen Drilling Company; and
J. S. Wolfhope, Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Construction of the
Deep Cut-Off at the Walter F. George Dam...341
Arturo Ressi Di Cervia, TREVIICOS Corporation
Seismic
Evaluation/Design Technologies
New Criteria for Distinguishing
Between Silts and Clays That Are Susceptible
to Liquefaction versus Cyclic
Failure...357
Ross W. Boulanger and I.
M. Idriss, University
of California, Davis
Nonlinear Seismic
Analysis of Sweetwater Main Dam...367
Gilles Bureau and Thomas O. Keller, GEI
Consultants, Inc.; and Scott W.
McClelland, Sweetwater Authority
Deep Soil Mixing for
Seismic Remediation of the Clemson Upper and Lower
Diversion Dams...385
Lee Wooten, GEI Consultants, Inc.; and Ben Foreman,
Corps of Engineers
Liquefaction of Earth
Embankment Dams - Two Case Histories: (1) Liquefaction
of the Embankment Soils, and (2) Liquefaction of the Foundation Soils...401
Antonio Fernandez, Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc.
Reassessing the
Earthquake Hazard in Central and Eastern United States
and its
Potential Impact on Dams...411
Ban Saman Yousif, Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Evaluation of Seismic
Stability of Claytor Dam Using Linear and Nonlinear
Time
History Analyses...419
Yusof Ghanaat, Quest Structures, Inc.; and Bernhard J.
Rasmussen, American
Electric Power
An Overview of Seismic
Stability Improvements at Duke Power's Paddy Creek
Dam...429
B. AlexGrenoble and Kevin
P. Snyder, Devine Tarbell & Associates, Inc.;
and
Ernest D. Brockman, Jr. and Jon R. Wise, Duke Power
Seismic Criteria for
Safety Evaluation of Aviemore Dam...441
Lelio Mejia and Don Macfarlane, URS
Corporation; Stuart Read, Institute of
Geologic and Nuclear Sciences; and Jim Walker, Meridian Energy Ltd.
Seismic Evaluation of Aviemore Concrete Dam...455
Guy S. Lund and Lelio H. Mejia, URS
Corporation; and Jim Walker, Meridian
Energy Ltd.
Casad Dam Intake Tower Upgrade Using Seismic Dampers...471
Robin G. Charlwood, Robin Charlwood & Associates;
James H. Rutherford,
Acres International Corporation; Lingmin
Frank Feng, Acres International Limited;
and William J. Perkins,
Shannon & Wilson Inc.
Technologies
for Monitoring/Instrumentation/Surveillance
Performance Monitoring
of Libby Dam with a Differential Global Positioning
System...493
David R. Rutledge, Condor Earth Technologies, Inc.; and Steven Z. Meyerholtz,
Corps of Engineers
Upgrade of the
Geotechnical Instrumentation System at the Rocky Mountain
Hydroelectric Project...509
Manoshree Sundaram, MWH Global, Inc.; and Terry Patterson,
Oglethorpe
Power Corporation
Boundary Dam
Instrumentation Upgrades...519
Robin G. Charlwood, Robin Charlwood & Associates;
James H. Rutherford,
Acres International Corporation; Alexander I. Feldman and Hollie L. Ellis, Shannon
& Wilson Inc.; and Walter L. Davis and Tej S. Mathur, Seattle City Light
Instrumentation Data
Acquisition and Management at Saluda Dam...533
Elena Sossenkina, Matt Glunt and Joseph
Mann, Paul C. Rizzo Associates, Inc.
Eliminating Lightning
Damage for Dam Instrumentation Systems...545
John M. Klebba and Pierre Choquet, Geomation,
Inc.
Utilizing Automated
Monitoring for the Franzen Reservoir Dam Safety
Program...557
Barry K. Myers and Gregory C. Dutson,
Engineered Monitoring Solutions; and
Tim Sherman, City of Salem
Geotechnical Technologies
Drilling through
Embankments: The State of Practice...573
D. A. Bruce, Geosystems, L.P.; and J. P. Davis,
Boart Longyear Company
Meeting Geotechnical
Challenges for Design and Construction of Guanella
Dam,
Near Empire, Colorado...585
John W. France, URS Corporation; and Steve Jamieson
and Paul Perri,
W.W. Wheeler and Associates
Geotechnical Design
and Construction of Stone Column Seismic Remediation for
Lopez Dam, CA...597
Gil M. Lawton, Theodore B. Feldsher, Michael P. Forrest and Lelio H. Mejia,
URS Corporation
Geomembrane Installation for the San Joaquin Reservoir...609
Ralph W. Rabus, Consulting Engineer; and Geoffrey L. Smith, GENTERRA
Consultants, Inc.
Seepage and Piping -
Lessons Learned...621
Ray E. Martin, Consulting Engineer
A Review of Filter
Criteria for Embankment Dams (Part 2)...631
David E.Kleiner, MWH Americas
Flow Nets and Uplift
Pressures Under an Impervious Concrete Dam...645
Esteban Hormazabal, Boston College;
Alfredo Urzua, Prototype Engineering, Inc.;
and John T. Christian, Consulting Engineer
Slope Stability Concerns
on Pierre Shale, Oahe Dam - Pierre, South Dakota>...655
Robert J. Worden
and Michael T. Kelly, Corps of
Engineers
3-D Slope Stability
Analysis by Strength Reduction...665
Ethan M. Dawson
and Wolfgang H. Roth, URS
Corporation
Foundation Flexibility
Effects on Hydrodynamic Loads for Concrete Gravity Dams...679
José E. Inaudi, SIRVE
Vibration Reduction Systems; and Enrique E. Matheu,
Corps of Engineers
Technologies
for Decision Making and Risk Management
The Evolution of
Reclamation's Risk Based Dam Safety Program Management
and Decision Making...693
Bruce C. Muller, Jr.
and David Mayer, Bureau of
Reclamation
Prioritizing Dam
Safety Budgets: Beyond Remedial Measures and
Numerical Approaches...703
Eric C. Halpin, Corps of
Engineers
Case Studies for
Application of FERC Performance Monitoring Program...713
Alton P. Davis, Jr., Alton P.
Davis, Jr. Engineering Consulting, Inc.; Charles
Ahlgren and Andrew
Yu, Pacific Gas & Electric; and William Rettberg,
GEI Consultants, Inc.
Risk-based Evaluation
of Operating Restrictions to Reduce the Risk of
Earthquake-Induced Dam Failure...727
David S. Bowles, Loren R. Anderson, Terry
F. Glover and Sanjay S. Chauhan,
Utah State University and RAC Engineers & Economists; and Ronn S. Rose,
Corps of Engineers
Technologies to Protect or Enhance the Environment
Engineering-Environmental
Interaction: A Key to Project Success...745
Jack L. White, White Environmental Consulting, Inc; Thomas
O. Keller,
GEI Consultants, Inc.; and Laurence J. Purcell, San Diego County
Water Authority
Post-Fire Sediment
Collection by Rockfill Traps...757
Richard A. Millet
and Jason A. Boomer, URS
Corporation; and JohnGaborek,
Denver Water
Environmental
Compliance Monitoring - A Proactive vs Reactive
Approach...771
Andrew Aceves, Paul C.
Rizzo Associates, Inc.; and Walter Irwin, SCANA Inc.
|