1998 ASDSO Annual Conference Proceedings

Abstracts or Papers Available Through the Database:

Lessons Learned in Overtopping Protection
• Overtopping of Grassed Embankments (Darrel M. Temple and Gregory J. Hanson)
• Effects of Compaction on Embankment Resistance to Headcut Migration (Gregory J. Hanson, Kerry M. Robinson, and Kevin R. Cook)

Applications of Risk Assessment Methods
• A Hybrid Deterministic-Risk-Based Approach to Hydrologic Dam Safety Analysis (Earl E. Eiker, David M. Goldman, and Darryl W. Davis)
• Stochastic Modeling of Extreme Floods for A.R. Bowman Dam (Melvin G. Schaefer, and Bruce L. Barker)
• Implementation of Risk Analysis Principles into the Bureau of Reclamation’s Dam Safety Program Actions (David G. Achterberg, Charles Hennig, and Charles Redlinger)

Change is Good! Alternatives in Dam Engineering
• Sediment Characterization For Dam Removal Study (David E. King, Arlan H. Rippe, and William S. Hegge)
• Wisconsin’s Abandoned Dam Program (Linda J. Hyatt)
• Identification of Undeveloped Hydropower Resources in the United States, Based on Environmental, Legal, and Institutional Attributes (James Francfort, and Alison Conner)

How Can You Mend a Broken Dam: Case Studies in Rehabilitation
• Walter F. George Lock and Dam Major Rehabilitation Evaluation Report, Prevention of Potential Structural Failure (Michael A. McKown, P.E., US Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile, AL
• Seepage Remediation at Patoka Lake, Indiana (Edward W. Woolery, Stephen T. Hornbeck and Donald R. Robison)
• Failure of Centennial Narrows Dam (Jon M. Benoist and Gerald D. Cox)

Top Notch Inspection Tools
• Performance Parameters for Embankment Dams and Foundations (Arthur H. Walz, Jr., P.E.)
• A Condition Index for Earth and Rockfill Embankment Dams (Stuart Foltz)
• Televised Inspection of Aging Flood Control Structures to Assist in Prioritizing Maintenance Needs and Funding (Robert W. O’Connor and Joseph S. Haugh)

What’s Hot in H & H Part I
• The Detailed Method: Using GIS and a Soils Database to Calculate the PMF (Matthew E. Bernier, Michael C. Schimpff and Jeffrey H. Coffin)
• A Comparison Between HEC-2 and FLDWAV (Saul A. Nuccitelli II and Nicole L. Beckom)

This is Hoover Dam Country!
• Five-Thousand Men and One Dog: The Human Side of Hoover Dam Construction (Joe Simonds)
• Summary of the Current Dynamic Stability Investigations for Hoover Dam (Larry K. Nuss)
• Linear-Elastic Dynamic Structural Analysis Including Mass in the Foundation for Hoover Dam (Terry L. Payne)
• Nonlinear Dynamic Structural Analysis of Hoover Dam Including Modeling of Contraction Joints and Concrete Cracking (Roman Koltuniuk)
• Kinematic Studies to Determine the Stability of Postulated Independent Concrete Blocks Indicated by The Non-Linear Analysis of Hoover Dam During Seismic Loadings (Barbara L. Mills/Bria)

Solutions to Rehabilitation Problems: Seepage Control
• The Underwater Installation of a Drained Geomembrane System on Lost Creek Dam (Steve Onken, Joe Wadsworth, and John Wilkes)
• Dworshak Dam Foundation Grouting (Everett L. Wright)
• Bloemveld Dam Repair (Gawie P. Steyn, and Dawid J. Mouton, C.F. Watermeyer)

What’s Hot in H & H Part II
• Spillway Capacity Innovations at Small Dams (James R. Bakken, Frederick (Rick) Lux, III, and Dean S. Steines)
• Simplified Design Guidelines for Riprap Subjected to Overtopping Flow (Kathleen H. Frizell, James F. Ruff, and Subhendu Mishra)
• Hydraulic Model Evaluation of Tailrace Flow Patterns at the Proposed Summersville Hydroelectric Project (M. Padmanabhan and Andrew E. Johansson)

Blue Ribbon Papers on Dam Safety Issues
• A Study of Structural Modifications to the Lower Snake River Hydropower System (Stephen B. Tatro)
• Why Gamble with Dam Safety? (Stephen W. Verigin)
• Portfolio Risk Assessment: A Basis for Prioritizing and Coordinating Dam Safety Activities (David S. Bowles, Loren R. Anderson, and Terry F. Glover)

Perspectives: State and Local Issues
• Dam Safety and Other Issues Facing Small Watershed Project Sponsors (John W. Peterson)
• Georgia’s Engineering Guidelines (Dallon Thomas Woosley)
• How Hazardous are Dams of Urban Stormwater Ponds? Findings of a Preliminary Comprehensive Hazard Assessment Study (Scott D. Bryant, and V.S. Shastri Annambhotla)

Let It Flow, Let It Flow, Let It Flow: Spillway Issues
• Dealing with Complex Constraints in Rehabilitation of the Tongue River Dam Spillway System (William R. Kelly and Glen McDonald)
• Sam Rayburn Dam and Reservoir Labyrinth Spillway Design and Construction (John R. Wise)
• Saylorville Dam Unlined Spillway Channel Remedial Actions (David R. Wehrley and S. K. Nanda)

Focus on Dam Owners’ Needs
• A Dam Owner’s Tool – The Hinged Floating Bulkhead (Richard M. Rudolph, Robert F. Martin, Frederick (Rick) Lux, III, and Todd M. Rudolph)
• So You Think Your Dam is Covered by Insurance, Think Again. (Robert W. Fairbanks, J. Matthew Bellisle, and Thomas Famulari)

Post Folsom: A New Look at Radial Gates
• Recreating the Past: Inspection and Analysis of Spillway Radial Gates (Wayne D. Edwards, and Samuel M. Planck)
• Tainter Gate Testing and Evaluation (Charles C. Hutton)
• California Division of Safety of Dams Spillway Radial Gate Program (David A. Gutierrez, and Fred J. Sage)

“Earth Shaking” Solutions
• Strengthening of Matahina Dam for Fault Displacement (Lelio Mejia, Michael Forrest, Murray Gillon, and Steve Everitt)
• Mine Tailings Disposal in Nevada – The Current State of the Art (Donald R. East)
• Seismic Considerations for Upstream Construction of Coal Refuse Dams (David C. Cowherd, and Ioan J. Corda)

Expert Advise on Large Dam Rehabilitation
• Real-Time Location Methods for Underwater Repair of the Ludington Pumped Storage Plant Reservoir Foundation (Edward D. Billington, Donald L. Basinger, Michael J. Dupuis, and Dennis D. Johnson)
• Modification of the Baldhill Dam, North Dakota Embankment for Overtopping (Gregory Eggers and Mark Calvino)
• Replacement of Dulce Lake Dam (Steven R. Jacoby)

RCC: Stronger Than Dirt!
• RCC Overtopping Protection Turns 50 (Randall P. Bass, and Kenneth D. Hansen)
• Facing Systems for Roller-Compacted Concrete Dams (William B. Bingham, Rodney E. Holderbaum, and Paul G. Schweiger)
• Combining Function with Aesthetics in RCC Dam Projects (Kenneth D. Hansen)

Uncommon Approaches to Disaster Mitigation & Response
• BC Hydro’s Emergency Preparedness: An Innovative Approach (John David Cattanach, Jay Joyner, Lori Smith)
• Corps of Engineers/Tennessee Valley Authority Cooperative Dam Safety Emergency Exercise (Kathy Grimes and Cris Hughes)
• Emergency Construction of a New Dam on Pinto Creek, Gila County, Arizona (Dan Roger Lawrence, Michael D. Greenslade, and Larry K. Lambert)

PMF Methods or… How to Predict the Mother of All Floods
• Probable Maximum Flood and Spillway Adequacy Determination Study of Nacimiento and San Antonio Dams (Uli Kappus, Bradley Rastall, and Joe Madruga)
• A Framework for Characterization of Extreme Floods for Dam Safety Risk Assessments (Robert E. Swain, Dean Ostenaa, and David S. Bowles)
• Use of Atmospheric Models and a Distributed Watershed Model for Estimating the Probability of Extreme Floods (John David Cattanach, and Wuben Luo)

Great Fixes for Small Dams
• Hungry Mother Dam Rehabilitation (Geoffrey L. Cowan, and James R. Talbot,)
• Rehabilitation of the Houston Lake Dam, Houston County, Georgia (Jeffery G. Powers, and Martin L. Walden)
• To Siphon or Not to Siphon: That is the Question (Among Others) A Repair History of the Crossgate Dam, Raleigh, North Carolina (James K. Leumas)

Solutions to Geotechnical Problems
• Liquefaction Mitigation of a Silty Dam Foundation Using Vibro-Stone Columns and Drainage Wicks A Test Section Case History at Salmon Lake Dam (Ron Luehring, Bob Dewey, Lelio H. Mejia, Mike Stevens, and Juan Baez)
• Arch Dam Geotechnical Exploration and Thermocouple Installation and Monitoring (Daniel W. Osmun, and Kenneth B. Macdonald)
• Similar Dams, Different Approaches (A Comparison of Geotechnical Engineering on Two Dams) (Scott G. Newhouse, and Danny K. McCook)

Focus on Plunge Pools & Erosion
• New Technology for Estimating Plunge Pool or Spillway Scour (Dr. Rodney J. Wittler, George W. Annandale, Steven R. Abt, and James F. Ruff)
• Utah Model Saves Texas a Million (Blake P. Tullis, and J. Paul Tullis, and Richard K. Frithiof)
• Outlet Channel Repairs – Milford Dam, Kansas (Raymond G. Dridge, and David L. Mathews)

Grouting: From Theory to Practice
Grouting Technologies for Dam Foundations (David B. Wilson, and Trent L. Dreese)
A Laboratory Simulation of In-Situ Grouting Using Portland Cement and Polyurethane Materials with Standard Methods (David W. Harris, Kurt Von Fay, and Nathan Snorteland)
Tims Ford Dam, Tennessee: Remedial Grouting of Right Rim (Donald A. Bruce, James A. Hamby, and James F. Henry)

Regulatory Programs At Home & Abroad
• Dam Safety Program in Mexico (Alberto Jaime P., and Jorge Carreola Nava)
• The Dam Safety Program in South Africa (Gawie P. Steyn, and Dawid J. Mouton)
• Challenges in Dam Safety: Opportunities in Virginia (S. Samuel Lin, Joseph S. Haughand, and Jon Phillippe)

“Potpourri for $1000 Alex”: Best of the Miscellaneous
• Hydrologic Considerations for Safe Dams (Albert G. Holler)
• Risk! Ignore It? … or Manage It? (Jeffrey C. Allen)
• Solutions for Freeze-Thaw Deterioration of Concrete Dams (Richard C. Harlan, and Steven C. Onken)