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[The technical manual prey US
formulations incorporating a professor at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency US (FEMA), as leader of the National Security Program Dams (NDSP), along with the US Bureau of Reclamation, included in the technical manual 'FEMA P-1015, Technical Manual: overtopping Protection for Dams', various formulations Teacher UPCT Luis G. Castillo, including best practices for design, construction, inspection, maintenance and repair of large dams.
Formulations of calculation and design professor at the School of Civil Engineers, Channels and Ports and Mining Engineering at the Polytechnic of Cartagena incorporated in this reference manual, to assess the effect of hydrodynamic actions overflow concrete dams .
Research Laboratory of Hydraulic Engineering UPCT, directed Castillo, recommended reassessment of dam safety based on the updated weather information.
In many cases, the analysis may indicate that flood flows over the dam overflow revalued due to insufficient storage capacity of the reservoir and / or ability drain devices dam.
"One of the effects of climate change is precisely that rainfall are presented which generates highly concentrated heavy flooding that should be evacuated safely.
In the event that the devices do not have adequate capacity will be necessary to evaluate the hydrodynamic actions by the spill by crowning of the dams, "says Castillo.
This problem has been investigated over three decades was a doctoral thesis that focused read this May in Cartagena by Jose Maria Carrillo, within the line of investigation opened by Castillo, who is also responsible for the research group Hyd @ m UPCT.
"Dams are essential for humans.
Are regulated water supply needed for the population, crops industry and power generation high quality.
Your failure or destruction can affect thousands of people, not forgetting the high cost that would entail repair or reconstruction and months and even years without service in the area, "recalls Professor at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena.
United States is the country with the highest number of large dams built in the world (over 6000) and Spain is the fourth (over 1200), of which more than half were built over 40 years ago.
The technical manual US dams can be downloaded from this link: https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/97888
The last two publications this year on this subject in the two journals with the highest impact on Hydraulic Engineering, are available at the following links:
Journal of Hydraulic Research: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/bKTC9Q9yduijzq6RqiXR/full
Journal of Hydroinformatics: http://www.iwaponline.com/jh/016/jh0160922.htm
Source: UPCT
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