Details

Subject(s)

• Dams—Inspection [Browse]
• Dam safety [Browse]
• Dam failures—United States—Prevention [Browse]
• Hydraulic measurements [Browse]

Editor

• de Rubertis, Kim [Browse]
• de Rubertis, Kim [Browse]

Series

Manuals of Practice 135

Summary note

Prepared by the Task Committee to Revise Guidelines for Dam Instrumentation of the Committee on Water Power of the Energy Division of ASCE. Monitoring Dam Performance: Instrumentation and Measurements presents the fundamentals and current state of practi

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

Print version record.

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Performance Monitoring; Chapter 3 Failure Modes; Chapter 4 Planning and Implementing a Monitoring Program; Chapter 5 Instrumentation and Measurement Tools; Chapter 6 Geodetic Monitoring; Chapter 7 Data Acquisition; Chapter 8 Data Management and Presentation; Chapter 9 Evaluation, Decision, and Action; Chapter 10 Embankment Dams; Chapter 11 Concrete Dams; Chapter 12 Other Dams and Appurtenant Structures; Chapter 13 Sample Data Forms and Plots; Chapter 14 History of Instrumentation and Monitoring; Appendix A References; Appendix B Failure Mode Analyses; Appendix C Range, Resolution, Accuracy, Precision, and Repeatability

ISBN

• 1-5231-2007-X
• 0-7844-8098-2

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