Modification of dams to accommodate major floods : twelfth annual USCOLD lecture series April 27-1 May, 1992 Fort Worth, Texas.

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TextPublication details: [Denver, Colo. : USCOLD], 1992Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill., mapsSubject(s):

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F 627.4 MOD

Subject: In the past two decades the engineering profession has become increasingly aware that many spillways are too small to meet current standards of safety. Considerable attention has been focused on the hydraulics of structure that pass the floods and the hydrology of large floods. Spillway design and modification, prevention of damage to dams during overtopping and site-specific probable maximum flood studies are three areas of attention

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Organized by USCOLD Committeee on Hydraulics of Dams, hosted by a consortium of Texas Engineers and contractors led by Freese and Nichols, Inc. -- t.p.

In the past two decades the engineering profession has become increasingly aware that many spillways are too small to meet current standards of safety. Considerable attention has been focused on the hydraulics of structure that pass the floods and the hydrology of large floods. Spillway design and modification, prevention of damage to dams during overtopping and site-specific probable maximum flood studies are three areas of attention

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