Author(s): Fernando J. González Villarreal, Jonathan Bolaños Castillo, Miguel Angel Bribiesca Rodriguez, Irving Garcia Reyes
Linked Author(s): Miguel Angel Bribiesca Rodriguez
Keywords: High risk dams, methodology, dam spillway, sudden discharge, hazard zones
Abstract: Dams play an extremely important role in the development of countries. They are allowed to be a water storage facility for further use, as protection against extreme rainfalls and in some cases, for electric energy generation. In Mexico, there are 5, 000 inventoried dams, of which 572 are classified as large dams. Some of them date back to the 16th century, but mostly the dams were built in Mexico at the period of the early 20th century to date. Many of these structures have passed beyond their span of useful life. In addition, dams have changed their operating conditions due to multiple factors, including reduced capacity storage, modification of the spillways, development of human settlements, changes in operating policies, reconstruction of structures and etc. Therefore, it is important that a periodic review and assessment of these structures related to the safety of these dams are carried out
Year: 2017