Dam break inundation mapping is essential for risk management and mitigation, emergency
action planning, and potential consequences assessment. To quantify flood hazard …

Earthquakes are natural phenomena that cause terrible disasters for human society. Many of
the disasters caused by earthquakes around the world serve as warnings to us about the …

A numerical model based on the theory of mixtures is proposed for the nonlinear large
deformation and failure analysis of river embankments subjected to large earthquakes. The …

In upstream faced earth dams all possible seismic-induced damages may be expressed
using crest settlement as indicator, which may be predicted using complete dynamic …

Application of the ESI 2007 Scale is implemented by compilation of reports and
quantification of the surface effects on the geological environment (ie, length and width of …

This article develops seismic capacity models for earth dams and demonstrates how the
proposed seismic capacity models may be used to develop seismic fragility curves that …

Unprecedented flooding events put dams and downstream communities at risk, as
evidenced by the recent cases of the Oroville and Whaley bridge dams. Empirical models …

Lifetime-oriented multi-objective optimization for structural reinforcement based on series-
system reliability and benefit–cost analysis has already been proposed. It is still needed …

The Mw 9.0 Tohoku Earthquake resulted in failures of the two dams impounding Fujinuma
Ike, in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. After the event, several mechanisms were postulated …

A database of three-component acceleration time series recorded at downhole arrays in
earthen dam cores was published by the Japan Commission on Large Dams. This study …