Procedures to Perform Dam Rehabilitation Analysis in Aging Dams

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dc.contributor.authorBliss, Michael A.en
dc.contributor.committeechairKibler, David F.en
dc.contributor.committeememberCox, William E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberDove, Joseph E.en
dc.contributor.departmentCivil Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:38:22Zen
dc.date.adate2006-07-11en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:38:22Zen
dc.date.issued2006-05-18en
dc.date.rdate2006-07-11en
dc.date.sdate2006-05-23en
dc.description.abstractThere are hundreds of existing dams within the State of Virginia, and even thousands more specifically within the United States. A large portion of these dams do not meet the current safety standard of passing the Probable Maximum Flood. Likewise, many of the dams have reached or surpassed the original design lives, and are in need of rehabilitation. A standard protocol will assist dam owners in completing a dam rehabilitation analysis. The protocol provides the methods to complete the hydrologic, hydraulic, and economic analysis. Additionally, alternative augmentation techniques are discussed including the integration of GIS applications and linear programming optimization techniques. The standard protocol and alternative techniques are applied to a case study. The case study includes a set of flood control dams located in the headwaters of the South River watershed in Augusta County, VA. The downstream impacts of the flood control dams on the city of Waynesboro are demonstrated through the hydrologic and hydraulic analysis.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05232006-225742en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05232006-225742/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33157en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartBliss_thesis_final.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDam Rehabilitation Analysisen
dc.subjectHydrologic and Hydraulic Analysisen
dc.subjectIncremental Economic Analysisen
dc.subjectLinear Programmingen
dc.subjectDam Safetyen
dc.titleProcedures to Perform Dam Rehabilitation Analysis in Aging Damsen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplineCivil Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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