File Photo/DAILY. Buy this photo. The city of Ann Arbor officially launched the Barton Dam embankment remediation project in early March. The project, expected to be completed in June of 2027, ...

Embankment dam breach analysis encompasses the investigation and modelling of failure mechanisms in earthen structures that retain water. Research in this field addresses both the physical and ...

The US Bureau of Reclamation has launched an international dam safety challenge aimed at subsurface cracks in embankment dams ...

An interim report from the Association of State Dam Safety Officials reports that a clear factor in the failures of two dams built in the 1920s was static liquefaction (flow) instability of saturated, ...

FARGO — The earthen embankment of Garrison Dam that controls the flow of the mighty Missouri River has fused with the prairie landscape through its elongated bulk stretching across a wide valley. More ...

When a sinkhole was discovered near the base of the Boone Dam embankment, the Tennessee Valley Authority’s dam safety engineers went to work determining the best fix. The complexity of the work and ...

More than five years after the catastrophic failure of the Edenville Dam, crews are deep into the most complex and costly phase of its restoration. The dam, which once held back Wixom Lake, breached ...