2011 ASDSO Annual Conference Proceedings

Abstracts or Papers Available Through the Database:
• Recent Advances in Life-Loss and Flood Damage Estimation for Dam and Levee Failures (M. Aboelata, D. S. Bowles and J. T. Needham)
• PFMA and System Response Probability Estimation for Herbert Hoover Dike (J. R. Davis, L. R. Anderson and D. S. Bowles)
• Numerical Simulations of Embankment Cratering Mitigation Methods (S. A. Akers, R. J. Moral and N. T. Williams)
• Web-Based Implementation of Fast Dam_Break Flood Modeling Capabilities (M. S. Altinakar, V. P. Ramalingam, M. Z. McGrath, E. E. Matheu and J. Z. Zou)
• Gatehouse Anchorage System for Prettyboy Dam (I. A. Alvi)
• "I'm From the Government and I'm Here to Help": Working with Dam Owners to Create Emergency Action Plans 2009-2011 (B. L. Mathisen and M. T. Hand)
• How To Keep Your EAP in Shape with an Exercise Program (R. Anderson and J. C. Murphy)
• Bluestone Dam: Rock Scour Assessment for Dam Safety Purposes (G. W. Annandale, M. F. George and M. S. McCray)
• Cost-Effective Spillway Design: Adding Value Through Rock Scour Analysis (G. W. Annandale, T. J. Fitzgerald and L. E. Shearin)
• The Fontenelle Dam Incident: Investigation, Likely Causes, and Lessons (Eventually) Learned (M. E. Baker)
• Heroic Planning: Strategies for Taking Physical Actions at Dams to Prevent Failures (M. E. Baker)
• Money Matters: Incorporating Monetary Values of Dam Failure Consequences Can Improve Effective Decision Making (C. Behr and E. Sossenkina)
• Risk Reduction at Ash Disposal Area No. 2: A Case Study. TVA Johnsonville Fossil Plant, New Johnsonville, Humphreys County, Tennessee (S. H. Bickel and R. L. Sanchez)
• Security Tabletop Exercises: Minimizing Burden, Maximizing Benefits (M. L. Bowen, E. E. Matheu, R. C. Hughes and T. Moore)
• Baseline Risk Assessment for Herbert Hoover Dike (D. S. Bowles, L. R. Anderson, S. S. Chauhan and R. C. Grove)
• Tempe Town Lake Dam: Another Burst Bubble (G. Brady and G. V. Sabol)
• Deep Mixing Methods Used for Levee and Dam Remediation: An Updated Classification for U.S. Practice (D. A. Bruce)
• Embankment Dams: Simplified or Nonlinear Dynamic Response Analysis (G. Bureau)
• Modeling Dams with Computational Fluid Dynamics: Past Success and New Directions (J. Burnham)
• DamWatch® – A Web-Based Software System to Monitor Watershed Dams in Oklahoma (L. W. Caldwell and M. Baribault)
• Lessons Learned During 10 Years of Rehabilitating NRCS-Assisted Watershed Dams (L. W. Caldwell, J. D. Freeland, J. Moore, A. D. Burns, M. A. Locke and S. L. Hunt)
• Vegetated Auxiliary Spillway Capacity - The Simple Solution (M. T. Chilson and G. W. Hudock)
• An Investigation of the Dependence of HEC-RAS Inundation Model Results on Digital Terrain Resolution (S. Christian)
• Decommissioning Cottonwood Creek, Site 15 (K. R. Cook, H. A. Sand and R. W. Toole)
• The Long Life, Lingering Sickness, and Quick Demise of the Forge Pond Dam (C. W. Cox, D. M. Leone, E. Hughes and W. H. Salomaa)
• Spillway Rehabilitation: A Labyrinth Weir Design Tool (B. M. Crookston and B. P. Tullis)
• Computational Methodology to Predict Rock Block Erosion in Plunge Pools (B. Dasgupta, D. Basu, R. Green and K. Das)
• Hinze Dam Stage 3: Dam Safety Delivered Through Innovation (R. Davidson and C. Dann)
• Developing Plans for Dam Emergencies: A Comprehensive Preparedness Guide (CPG) for State, Territorial, Tribal, and Local Governments (J. E. Demby Jr. and N. Sleptzoff)
• Thermal Imaging for Waterside Surveillance at Dam Sites (D. Dennison and L. Sebastian Bryson)
• The Cedar Falls Dam Guardrail, Handrail, and Vehicle Barrier Retrofit (W. de Vera, J. Mellies, R. Miyahara, D. Pickering, K. Kuder and R. Cochran)
• Incorporating Risk Components Associated with Human-Induced Threats Into Integrated Dam Safety Management (I. Escuder-Bueno and J. T. Castillo-Rodriguez)
• Recent Experience with Geomembranes in Earth Embankment Dams and Reservoirs (J. J. Esterhuizen, N. McCullough and R. E. Riker)
• You Are Smarter Than Your Model. Really. (E. B. Faulkner)
• Abbott Brook Dike Seismic and Seepage Rehabilitation (R. C. Findlay and M. A. Pelletier)
• Noxon Rapids Dam Sudden Seepage and Erratic Piezometer Behavior (R. C. Findlay and M. C. Jensen)
• Hot Dam! Mass Concrete - Expected vs. Actual Performance (T. J. Fitzgerald, H. T. Marshall and K. D. Hansen)
• Threat - The Thread That Binds Your Dam Site Security Program (W. F. Foos)
• Risk Analysis Provides Support for Dam Safety Decisions for Beaver Park Dam, Colorado (J. W. France, W. T. McCormick and M. J. Gavin)
• Simplified Screening Level Risk Analysis Approach Developed for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Dams (J. W. France, B. Iarossi and A. L. Coy)
• Decommissioning of NRCS Flood Control Dams in Oklahoma (J. D. Freeland, A. D. Burns and A. G. Bass)
• Failure Modes, Analyses, and Monitoring of Arch Dams (C. B. Gillan and G. S. Lund)
• Spillway Analysis Techniques Using 3-D Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling (E. K. Gleason, A. Islam, D. J. Brinker, L. Khan and M. J. Miller)
• How Much Analysis is Required to Raise a Dam by Less Than Three Percent? (G. G. Glunz, S. L. Jones and A. Rossi)
• Overcoming Challenges in Performing a Rain on Snow Hydrologic Analysis of the Upper Connecticut River Basin (D. M. Gomez, J. A. Gomez and J. J. Donaghy)
• Investigation of Tree Root Penetration into a Levee Soil-Cement-Bentonite Slurry Cutoff Wall - Part II (L. F. Harder Jr., R. Kroll, M. Inamine, P. E. F. Buck and A. M. Berry)
• Preliminary Observations of Levee Performance Following the March 11, 2011 Tohoku Offshore Earthquake, Japan (L. F. Harder Jr., K. I. Kelson and T. Kishida)
• Inflow Design Flood Analysis for NRCS High Hazard Dam Rehabilitation Projects: Case Studies (C. C. Hoeft and M. A. Locke)
• Development of a Damage Estimation Method for Spillway Gates (W. M. Hossley, J. Rullan-Rodriguez and R. E. Walker)
• If You’ve got the Money, I’ve got the Time…Successful Application of ARRA Stimulus Funds for NRCS Watershed Dam Rehabilitation (G. W. Hudock, J. Holloway, J. R. Bramblett and B. Fulmer)
• One Step at a Time: Developing Design Criteria for Stepped Spillways (S. L. Hunt and K. C. Kadavy)
• Soil-Cement for High-Velocity Spillway Flow Applications (R. J. Huzjak and K. J. Kadrmas)
• Structural Design of Labyrinth Spillways (R. T. Indri, A. Rutledge, R. Jarnigan and C. Schoonover)
• Potential Failure Mechanism of Seepage Control Filters (T. Ingersoll, D. Bradley and D. Duffy)
• To Blast or Not to Blast, Close-In Blasting Near Dam Structures in California (V. Iso-Ahola, B. Sudah, C. D. Breeds and L. Leone)
• Myth Busting Simplified Inundation Mapping (S. L. Jamieson and D. Tripp)
• Static Analysis and Evaluating of Pore Pressure Generation and Settlement of Karkheh Earth Dam during Construction, Reservoir Filling and Performance (H. Karimpour)
• Limit States Approach for Coupled Seepage-Deformation Analysis of Earth Embankments (M. Khalilzad and M. A. Gabr)
• Moving CAN Inland for Dams: Citizen's Action Network - A Best Practice Citizen's Watch Organization and a Benchmark for Critical Infrastructure Protection Inland (J. G. King)
• Optical Sensor Technology for Dam Security Using LIDAR (J. Kirkendoll and L. Sebastian Bryson)
• The 2010 ICOLD Bulletin on Geomembrane Sealing Systems for Dams (R. M. Koerner and J. A. Wilkes)
• Levee Improvements for Sacramento’s Vulnerable Natomas Basin (C. E. Krivanec, B. W. Johnson, L. F. Harder Jr., B. J. Meyer and J. Bassett)
• Is it Rock Yet? Foundation Treatment for the Rocky Pen Run Dam (J. R. Kula, R. D. Pinciotti, T. J. King and G. Rogers)
• Consequence Estimation Dam Failures (W. P. Lehman and J. T. Needham)
• Facelift for an Old Dame (G. E. Levergood)
• Paleoflood Hydrology and Flood Hydrology (D. R. Levish, R. E. Klinger, J. Godaire and T. R. Bauer)
• The Behavior of Failure Surfaces Resulting From Progressive Failure Through Thin Layers of Soft Sensitive Soil Beneath Earthen Levees (A. Lobbestael and A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos)
• Developing An Effective Cybersecurity Strategy: USACE Implementation Efforts (A. Lopez, K. Sadiki, K. M. Baumgartner and Y. Seda-Sanabria)
• Louisiana Levee Inspection and Data Management System (K. Lowery, B. B. DeFee, W. E. Andrews and Z. B. Bolourchi)
• Evaluation of Seismic Stability and Design of Remediation of a 1920's Vintage Hydraulic Fill Dam (F. I. Makdisi, D. Ritzman, J. Phalen, J. Sun and C. S. Ahlgren)
• New Adjustable Crest Gates on an Old Dam (C. Mannheim, K. Moen, J. Rutherford, S. Smith and S. Schultz)
• Dams Sector Analysis Tool (DSAT): Analysis and Evaluation of Critical Dams (E. E. Matheu, Y. Seda-Sanabria, M. Yezierski, J. Z. Zou and S. Oktay)
• A Discussion of Uplift and Exit Gradient Terminology and Factors of Safety (D. K. McCook)
• Lake Delhi Dam Breach - Two Perspectives (L. L. McDaniel, J. D. Garton, W. R. Fiedler, W. B. King and N. T. Schwanz)
• Design Modifications to Prevent Rooster Tail Development in Gotvand Bottom Outlet (M. R. Najafi, H. Moradkhani and R. Roshan)
• Consequence Estimation for the Herbert Hoover Dike Dam Safety Modification Study Risk Assessment (W. L. Fields, W. P. Lehman, J. T. Needham, E. Ochs, D. Peck and D. S. Bowles)
• Deep Mixing Solutions for Levee Stability (P. J. Nicholson and W. Schmutzler)
• Protecting Our National Heritage – The Washington DC Levee (A. P. P. Nix and J. Ludlam)
• Blast Physical Tests and Structural Analyses on Homogeneous and Zoned Embankments for Vulnerability and Mitigation Assessments (L. K. Nuss, G. Sutley and K. Langston)
• Uncertainty Estimates in Dam Safety Risk Analyses – Experience and Lessons Learned (M. W. Pabst)
• Alternatives for Upgrading an Ambersen Dam with Gated Spillway to Safely Manage the Probable Maximum Flood (R. D. Pinciotti and J. R. Kula)
• Protecting Dams: Defeating the Underwater Threat (J. Pollock, F. Sienkiewicz and J. Hughes)
• An Overview of Various Treatment Methods to Arrest Surficial Slope Failures (A. J. Puppala, M. Le, V. S. Dronamraju, B. Chittoori, J. Hernandez, K. McCleskey and L. Perrin)
• Composite Modeling of Hydraulic Structures (W. J. Rahmeyer, S. L. Barfuss and B. M. Savage)
• FEMA Levee Certification – A Case Study with Emphasis on Vegetation Evaluation (S. A. Raschke, J. Bellini and S. Jaquith)
• Validation of a New GIS Tool to Rapidly Develop Simplified Dam Break Models (S. M. Reed and J. S. Halgren)
• Large-Scale Studies of Explosive Attacks on Water-Backed Embankment Dams and Levees (D. D. Rickman and R. G. Rhett)
• Assessment of Improved Clay Erodibility for Overtopping Analysis of Embankments (B. A. Robbins, J. L. Wibowo and L. A. Walshire)
• Micro Hydropower in the North Carolina Piedmont: A Feasibility Study on Integrating Existing Low-Head Dams into the Regional Grid (C. J. Sandt and M. Doyle)
• Do Yesterday’s Designs Meet Today’s Standards? An Assessment of More Than 100 Aging Earthen Dams (P. G. Schweiger, G. L. Richards, W. J. Franz, E. J. Barben and T. Ridley)
• Implementation of the Common Risk Model for Dams for Security Assessments of USACE Critical Infrastructure (Y. Seda-Sanabria, A. Fainberg, E. E. Matheu, M. L. Bowen and J. D. Tressler)
• Development of Risk Assessment Methods with Regard to Internal Erosion for Corps of Engineers Levees (S. E. Shewbridge, M. P. Navin and N. D. Vroman)
• Study of Levee Seepage and Slope Stability in Relation to Roots (M. Shriro, D. Cobos-Roa, J. D. Bray, N. Sitar, J. Lichter, R. Evans and R. Kroll)
• Cost Effective Dam Breach Inundation Mapping Using 2-D Hydraulics and GIS (J. T. Smith, G. Elwell, J. H. Thom, R. L. Mathisen and M. T. Hand)
• Assessment Method for Routine Dam Safety Monitoring Programs (J. N. Stateler)
• Dealing with Disasters: Developing an Integrated Regional Resilience Strategy (R. B. Stephan, Y. Seda-Sanabria, R. C. Hughes and G. Fellows)
• Nondestructive Evaluation of Seepage in an Earthen Dam (J. C. Stoessel, M. A. Pruchnik and P. Rollins)
• Caught on Tape - The Failure of Kadashan Bottoms Site 2 (J. C. Stoner and M. N. Lobrecht)
• USACE Modeling, Mapping, & Consequence Center – Bluestone Dam Failure Analysis and Lessons Learned (E. L. Stowasser)
• How Did This Dam Get Here and What Should We Do? Identifying and Managing Risk for Undocumented Dams in Montana (J. H. Thom, J. T. Smith and J. Sanders)
• A New Application of Roller Compacted Concrete: Reconstruction of the Upper Damon Reservoir Dam, Rindge, New Jersey (J. W. Tucker)
• Occoquan Dam – Structural Investigation Leads to a Major Facilities Upgrade Project (B. J. Vavrek, T. W. Johnston, G. Prelewicz, M. R. Noble-Blair and W. H. Duke)
• Radar Hydrology Improves Dam Safety (B. E. Vieux, J. Vieux and S. Janek)
• Sharpening the Saw - Keeping Dam Safety Technical Response Teams Honed (J. L. Von Thun, R. W. Luehring, J. N. Stateler and R. L. Dewey)
• Physical Hydraulic Modeling of Canal Breaches (T. L. Wahl, D. J. Lentz and B. D. Feinberg)
• They Don’t Make ‘Em Like They Used To: Structural Components on Old Dams (B. B. Watson, V. M. Vasquez, M. Lowe, D. Witkowski and J. O. Jirsa)
• Pine Creek Dam - Where's the Void? (K. A. White and D. W. Anderson)
• Dodging a Bullet: A Comprehensive Approach for Managing Risk from CCP Storage Facilities (S. L. Whiteside, M. L. Schumaker and W. J. Friers)
• The Hole is How Big!!?? Evaluation of Earthen Emergency Spillway Performance During The September 2009 Georgia Storm (C. B. Wilson)
• Seismic Analysis of Levees for Urban and Urbanizing Areas in Central California (Z. Zafir and M. Stanley)
• Levee Safety Experiences from Pennsylvania (R. P. Zomok and S. P. Kilmartin)
• Considering the Dam Inflow in Dam Break Peak Outflow Equations (K. Zomorodi)