Please note - Concrete Dams Design and Analysis will be held in Phoenix, AZ. All times listed are Mountain Time.
May 20, 2025
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Check In
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Topics Included Today:
- From Masonry to Concrete Dams
- Evolution of Materials and Construction
- Static Loads - Dead Weight, Hydrostatic, Sediment, Uplift, radial gate, thermal
- Dynamic Loads
- Reservoir interaction, ground motions
- Boundary Condition and Limitations
- Gravity Dam Analysis
- Cracked Base Analysis
- Workshop Problem
Break at approximately 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM and a few short breaks throughout the day
May 21, 2025
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Topics Included Today:
- Stability Standards / Guidelines
- Material Strengths
- Historical examples
- Identification/development/evaluation
- Ground Motions
- Structural Characteristics
- Structural Response
- Seismic Damage Assessment
- Post-Earthquake Analysis
- Workshop Problem
Break at approximately 12:00 PM -1:30 PM and a few short breaks throughout the day
May 22, 2025
8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Topics Included Today:
- Understand Behavior
- Assess PFMs
- Provide Guidance/Direction
- Typical Instrumentation
- Performance Testing
- Validation
- Process
- Decision-Making Tool
- Justification/Making the Case
- Workshop Problem
Breaks at approximately 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM and a few short breaks throughout the day
*Registered attendees will be provided with a detailed agenda before the course.
