For the last decades, the design floods of numerous embankment reservoirs were re-evaluated, and the revised spillway outflows are typically larger than those used in the original designs. As a result, a number of overtopping protection systems were developed for embankments and earthfill dams, with applications encompassing river dykes, coastal barriers for storm surge and tsunami protections....

After some initial trials with RCC the first 3 RCC dams were constructed almost simultaneously. The Zaaihoek Dam and De Mistkraal Weir were designed and constructed by DWAF while the Arabie Dam, now called Flag Boshielo Dam, was designed by a consultant and constructed by a contractor for the then Leboa Homeland Government. The latter, a composite dam with a concrete spillway and an embankment ...

Orifice spillways might be affected by cavitation if the profile of the inlet structure includes a relevant curvature. At one of the world’s largest dams, such damages were observed on the profiled slab. To limit their progression, an adapted operation regime of the gates had to be defined using physical model tests. The risk estimation was based on dynamic pressure and velocity measurements, i...

PELIKÁN PETR, MARKOVÁ JANA. 2016. The use of Regression Triplet in Hydraulic Modelling on the Example of Determination of Overfall Coeffi cient. Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 64(2): 497–502. The paper is focused on a hydraulic problem of water overfall on hydrotechnic structures, especially outlets and spillways of water reservoirs. The main parameter o...