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From page 339... ... aerial photography, 23, 68-69 remedial measures, 260-263 (table) afterbay dam, defined, 310 (see also (see also diversion works; gates; Drum Afterbay Dam) Read the entire page →
From page 340... ... buttressing rock, 199 C clay California concrete gravity dam, abutments, 199-201 concrete gravity dam, strengths, 208 risk assessment, index-based proeedures, 49 (see also Baldwin Hills Dam; Drum Afterbay Dam; Hell Hole Dam; Henshaw Dam; Nacimiento Dam; Paeoima Dam; Pilacritos Dam; Rush Meadows Dam; San Fernando Valley dams; San Leandro Dam; San Luis Dam; San Pablo Dam; Santa Felicia Dam; Spaulding Dam; St. Francis Dam) Read the entire page →
From page 341... ... remedial measures, 188-189,190-195 (table) types, 183-188 See also arch dams; buttress dams; gravity dams) Read the entire page →
From page 342... ... Pacoima Dam, California, 207 Pilacritos Dam, California, 219 Razaza Dam, Iraq, 242-243 Rush Meadows Dam, California, 203 San Fernando Valley Dam, California, 18, 219 San Leandro Dam, California, 227 San Luis Dam, California, 21D, 255 San Pablo Dam, California, 227 Santa Felicia Dam, California, 266 S�haeffer Dam, Colorado, 76 (figure) , 78 (figure) Read the entire page →
From page 343... ... 343 dolosse, defined, 314 '~domino effect" See dam failures, "domino effect") downstream development, 4, 106-107, 110-111 dam design standards, 79-80 flood flow formulas, 77 hazard potential, 28 drainage areas, defined, 314 blankets, 228-229, 237, 314 galleries, 197, 201 systems, instrumentation monitoring, 282 wells, 13, 237, 314 zones, 213-214 drains cleaning, 207 defective, 247-248, 262 (table) Read the entire page →
From page 344... ... stability analysis, 228, 251-257 structural failures, 16 (table) types, 213-217 Index emergency action plane, 35 defined, 315 guidelines, 31-32, 129-131 news releases, 37 notification plans, 36-37, 39 remedial measures, 59-60 time available for response, 35 emergency potential, evaluation, 32-39 emergency repairs, 38 emergency spillway (see spillways) Read the entire page →
From page 345... ... historical records, 53-54 See also average exceedance interval; channel routing; dam failures; hydrographs; inundation maps; probable maximum flood; spillway design flood) Florida See Martin County Power Plant Cooling Pond Dike) Read the entire page →
From page 346... ... Henshaw Dam, California, 227 hoists, defective, 260 (table) , 268-269 Index homogeneous earthfill dams, 213-214 defined, 314 seepage control, 235-236 settlement, 229-230 transverse cracking, 235-236 hydraulic fill dams, 214, 314 hydrograph defined, 319 flood, 90-91, 319 unit, 95-96 ice, 275-277 Idaho risk assessment of dams, 49 See also Dworshak Dam; Island Park Dam; Teton Dam) Read the entire page →
From page 347... ... , 18 intrados, defined, 319 inundation maps, 33 classification of areas, 33, 35 defined, 319 emergency action plans, 129 remedial measures, 60 risk assessment, 47 sample, 34 (figure) Iraq See Razaza Dam) Read the entire page →
From page 348... ... dam break models, 102-103, 104 (table) , 105, 129-131 storms, 72, 93 North Carolina dam failure, 164 risk assessment, index-based procedures, 49 (see also Martin-Marietta Sodyeco Chemical Plant Waste Lagoon Dike) Read the entire page →
From page 349... ... , 114-121 snowmelt floods, 93-94 probable maximum precipitation (PMP) defined, 322 distribution to basin subareas, 90-91 hydrographs, 91 hydrometeorological reports, 88 (figure) Read the entire page →
From page 350... ... remedial measures appurtenant structures, 260-263 (table) embankment dams, 218, 220-226 (table) Read the entire page →
From page 351... ... San Fernando Valley dams, California, 18, 219 San Leandro Dam, California, 227 San Luis Dam, California, 219, 255 San Pablo Dam, California, 227 sand filters, 196 sandstone, 134-135, 138 defects, 143 (table) strength, 140 (table) Read the entire page →
From page 352... ... , 288-289 slope, defined, 324 slope erosion downstream, 231-232 embankment dams, 218 remedial measures, 231-233 slope instability, 218-219, 251-253 causes, 227 reservoirs, 272-274, 288-289 slope protection, 233 damage, 11 (table) , 13 defined, 324 upstream, 231-232 vegetative, 232 slurry trench, defined, 324 slurry walls, 237 bentonite, 239, 240 (figure) Read the entire page →
From page 353... ... dam and spillway design standards, 79-80 dam incidents survey, 5-6, 11-12 (tables) uplift pressures, 200-201, 207, 234 concrete and masonry dams, 19 defined, 326 drainage system defects, 269 embankment dams, 247-248 instrumentation monitoring, 282-283 measurements, 280-281 (table) Read the entire page →
From page 354... ... George Dam, Alabama, 243 warning systems, dam failure See emergency action plans; evacuation plans; Defense Civil Preparedness Agency) Washington See Condit Dam) Read the entire page →

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... aerial photography, 23, 68-69 remedial measures, 260-263 (table) afterbay dam, defined, 310 (see also (see also diversion works; gates; Drum Afterbay Dam)

Index Pages 339-354

Index
Pages 339-354