Topic · Civil and Structural Engineering
Dam Engineering and Safety
Dam Engineering and Safety is a research topic within Civil and Structural Engineering. Science Explorer counts 17k research works in it since 1950. 10.0% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers focuses on the statistics, mechanisms, and modelling of embankment dam failures, including topics such as internal erosion, piping phenomena, seismic analysis, suffusion characteristics in granular soils, and the deformation of concrete dams. It also explores hydraulic gradients and breaching parameters.
- Embankment Dams
- Internal Erosion
- Piping Phenomena
- Dam Behaviour Modelling
- Seismic Analysis
- Suffusion Characteristics
- Granular Soils
- Concrete Dam Deformation
- Hydraulic Gradients
- Breaching Parameters
- Research works
- 17k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 1.7k per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 10.0% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
- +23% the tick is no change
- Largest producer
China
64% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
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