Dams [[electronic resource] ] : impacts, stability and design / / Walter P. Hayes and Michael C. Barnes, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452162003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2009
• ISBN: 1-60876-732-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (287 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HayesWalter P; BarnesMichael C
• Disciplina: 627/.8
• Soggetti: Dams; Dam safety; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Dams: Impacts, Stability and Design""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Reducing the Impacts of Hydroelectric Dams on Juvenile Anadromous Fishes:Bioengineering Evaluation Using Acoustic Imaging in the Columbia River, USA""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Study Area""; ""General Acoustic Imaging Methods""; ""Fish Behaviors""; ""Fish Passage Rates""; ""Fish Entrainment Zones""; ""Fish and Flow Relationships""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""Effects of Jet Grouting on Wetland Invertebrates at Mormon Island Auxiliary Dam, Folsom, California""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""""Methods""; ""Results""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix A""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Bankfull Hydraulic Geometry Adjustments Caused by Check Dams for Ephemeral Channels (South-East Spain, Western Mediterranean)""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Study Area""; ""Methodology""; ""Results and Discussion""; ""Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Embankment Overflow Protection Systems and Earth Dam Spillways""; ""1. Introduction""; ""2. Embankment Dam Overflow Systems (1) the Minimum Energy Loss Weird Design""; ""3. Embankment Dam Overflow Systems (2) Concrete Macro-Roughness Elements""""4. Embankment Dam Overflow Systems (3) Embankment Overflow Stepped Spillways""; ""5. Embankment Dam ; Overflow Systems (4) Earth Dam Spillways with Pre-Cast Concrete Blocks""; ""6. Design Considerations""; ""7. Conclusion""; ""Appendix I - Professor Gordon Reinecke McKay (1913-1989)""; ""References""; ""Internet References""; ""Discrete Element Method for the Force Distribution in a Concrete-Faced Rockfill Dam""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Concrete-faced Rockfill Dams in China""; ""2. Fundamental Study on Rockfill""; ""3. Tsinghua DEM Simulation (THDEM)""""4. A Small-scale CFRD Preparation""; ""5. Force Distributions in the Rockfill""; ""6. Conclusions""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""References""; ""Erosive and Environmental Impact of Hydrological Correction Check Dam""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction and Aims""; ""2. Area of Study""; ""3. Methodology""; ""4. Results""; ""5. Conclusion""; ""6. Acknowedgements""; ""7. References""; ""Changes in a River-Coastal Aquifer System and Saltwater Intrusion Risk Related with Recent Dam Construction (Motril-Salobrena Aquifer, Spain)""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Geographical and Hydrogeological Setting""""Rules Dam""; ""Impacts of the Rules Dam""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""References""; ""Analysis of Factors Influencing the Extent of Hydrological Changes of Annual Maximum and Minimum Flow Downstream from Dams in Quebec""; ""Abstract""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Methodology""; ""III. Results""; ""IV. Discussion and Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Growing More Rice with Less Water in Asia: Identifying and Exploring Opportunities through System of Rice Intensification""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Biological Mechanism of Water-Saving Agriculture and SRI Cultural Practices""