Safety of dams : flood and earthquake criteria / Committee on Safety Criteria for Dams, Water Science and Technology Board, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Safety Criteria for Dams.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dam safety--United States.

Dam safety.

Flood control--United States.

Flood control.

Earthquakes--United States.

Earthquakes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1985.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From earth tectonics and meteorology to risk, responsibility, and the role of government, this comprehensive and detailed book reviews current practices in designing dams to withstand extreme hydrologic and seismic events. Recommendations for action and for further research to improve dam safety evaluations are presented.

Contents:

Safety of Dams

Copyright

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Executive Summary

1 Introduction

2 Extreme Floods and Earthquakes-The Nature of the Problem

DESIGN OBJECTIVES

WHAT SHOULD SAFETY COST?

REASONABLE CARE AND PRUDENCE IN DAM DESIGN

3 Summary of Present Practices on Dam Safety Standards

INVENTORY OF CURRENT PRACTICES

CLASSIFICATION OF DAMS

SPILLWAY CAPACITY CRITERIA

CRITERIA FOR EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS

Seismic Zones of the United States

Earthquake Intensity and Magnitude Scales

Seismic Design Terminology

Seismic Criteria for Pseudostatic Stability Analysis

Dynamic Response Analyses

4 History of Development of Present Practices

DESIGN CRITERIA FOR EXTREME FLOODS

Early Period

Regional Discharge Period

Storm Transposition Period

Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) Period

Composite Criteria

Risk-Based Analyses

EARTHQUAKE-RESISTANT DESIGN OF DAMS

Concrete Dams

Earth Dams

5 Design Flood Estimates: Methods and Critique

TYPES OF APPROACHES

DETERMINISTIC APPROACH

Summary

Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) Evaluation

Antecedent Conditions

Reservoir Routing

THE PROBABILISTIC APPROACH

THE RISK ANALYSIS APPROACH

CRITIQUE

Dam Classification Systems

Spillway Capacity Criteria

Risk-Cost Analyses

Overview

6 Design Earthquake Estimates: Methods and Critique

DETERMINISTIC-STATISTICAL METHOD

SEISMOTECTONIC (SEMIPROBABILISTIC) METHOD

PROBABILISTIC-RISK ANALYSIS

OTHER EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS

RESERVOIR-INDUCED EARTHQUAKES

7 Consideration of Risk in Dam Safety Evaluations

INTRODUCTION

RELATIVE IMPORTANCE OF RISK OF DAM FAILURES

THE DESIGN PROCESS

COMPARISONS OF RISK MANAGEMENT STANDARDS

RETROFITTING TO MEET NEW STANDARDS

8 Risk and the Calculus of Legal Liability in Dam Failures

INTRODUCTION.

COMMON LAW AND SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY

THE RISKS OF NEGLIGENCE

OPERATING DURING A FLOOD

ACTS OF GOD" AND PMF

THE RISKS OF COMPLYING WITH MINIMAL GOVERNMENT OR PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS

THE RISKS INHERENT IN DESIGN TRADE-OFFS

THE RISKS OF STRICT LIABILITY

CONCLUSION

9 Proposed Hydrologic Criteria

BASIS FOR PROPOSALS

SAFETY EVALUATION FLOOD

PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR NEW HIGH-HAZARD DAMS

CRITERIA FOR EXISTING HIGH-HAZARD DAMS

CRITERIA FOR INTERMEDIATE- AND LOW-HAZARD DAMS

RISK-BASED ANALYSES

HAZARD CLASSIFICATIONS FOR DAMS

IMPACT OF PROPOSALS

Federal Implications

Nonfederal Implications

10 Proposed Earthquake Criteria

BASIS FOR ANALYSIS

DESIGN CRITERIA

DESIGN APPROACH

Embankment Dams

COMBINED EARTHQUAKE AND FLOOD CRITERIA

11 Continuing Development of Hydrologic and Earthquake Engineering Technologies

OVERVIEW

HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL RESEARCH

EARTHQUAKE RESEARCH

Appendixes

Appendix A Design Criteria in Use for Dams Relative to Hazards of Extreme Floods

Part 1 Federal Agencies

Ad Hoc Interagency Committee on Dam Safety of the Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering, and Technology

Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Department of the Interior

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)

Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Definitions

Interagency Committee on Dam Safety (ICODS)

National Weather Service (NWS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of ...

Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Tennessee Valley Authority

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (For Corps Projects)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-(for National Dam Inspection Program)

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Part 2 State Agencies Responsible for dam Safety

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

Equal to or Greater Than

California

Colorado

Georgia

Spillway Requirements

Hawaii

Illinois

Indiana

Kansas

Louisiana

Maine

Michigan

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Pennsylvania

South Carolina

South Dakota

Texas

Utah

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Part 3 other Governmental Agencies

City of Los Angeles, California, Department of Water and Power

East Bay Municipal Utility District, California

Salt River Project, Arizona

Santee Cooper (South Carolina Public Service Authority)

Part 4 Technical Societies

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD)

U.S. Committee on Large Dams (USCOLD)

Part 5 Firms in United States

Acres American, Inc., Buffalo, New York

Alabama Power Co., Birmingham, Alabama

R.W. Beck and Associates, Seattle, Washington

Central Maine Power Company, Augusta, Maine

Duke Power Company, Charlotte, North Carolina

Charles T. Main, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts

Planning Research Corporation (PRC), Denver, Colorado

Yankee Atomic Electric Co., Framingham, Massachusetts

Part 6 Other Entities in United States

Illinois Association of Lake Communities

Part 7 Foreign Countries

The Institution of Civil Engineers, London

Appendix B Design Criteria in Use for Dams Relative to Earthquake Hazards

Part 1-Federal Agencies

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. Department of Energy.

Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

Part 2 State Agencies Responsible for Dam Safety

Part 3 Other Governmental Agencies

East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), California

New York Power Authority

Part 4 Private Firms in United States

Alabama Power Company, Birmingham, Alabama

Charles T.Main, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts

Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Framingham, Massachusetts

Appendix C Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) Estimates

Basic Data

Storm Transposition

Adjustment for Moisture

Envelopment

Application to Estimate for Specific Basin

Procedures for Mountainous Regions

Generalized PMP Charts

Application of PMP

Spatial Distribution

Temporal Distribution

Seasonal Variation of PMP

Evaluation of PMP.

Appendix D Concepts of Probability in Hydrology

Bulletin 17 Procedures for Flood-Frequency Analysis

Flood Recurrence Intervals and Flood Risk

Estimating the Return Period of the PMF

Frequency Analyses for Rare Floods

Regionalization

Use of Historical Flood Data

Numerical Evaluation of Expected Damages

Estimating the Probability Density Function

Estimating the Damage Functions

Numerical Integration

A Simple Example of Expected Damages

Appendix E Risk Analysis Approach to Dam Safety Evaluations

Extrapolation of Frequency Curves

Evaluating Risks

An Example

Use of Expected Costs

Loss of Life Calculations

Advantages and Limitations of Risk Analysis Approach

Appendix F Glossary

APPENDIX G

REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY

Appendix H Biographical Sketches of Committee Members

Members

Technical Consultant

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliography: p. 259-263 and index.

ISBN:

9786610222285

9781280222283

128022228X

9780309554695

0309554691

9780585144474

0585144478

OCLC:

427375018