During the progressive failure process of the slope (dam), the strength parameters of the soil in the slope (dam) continuously degrade, with the degree and rate of degradation of the soil near the ...

The second deadliest dam failure in U.S. history happened suddenly. The St. Francis Dam was a 205-ft-high concrete gravity arch dam located in San Francisquito Canyon, 30 miles north of Los Angeles.

This paper introduces, for the first time, a failure risk analysis method for dangerous earth‒rock dams on the basis of element failure probability by combining the finite element discretization ...

Attorneys for about 2,000 Midland-area residents criticized what they called the state's delaying tactics in court five years after the May 19, 2020, failure of the Edenville Dam, which flooded ...

Editor's note: Follow live coverage of the threat to the Cheboygan dam and flooding across northern Michigan here. Cheboygan — A northern Michigan town remained braced for a potential dam failure and ...

The state of Michigan is not liable for the damages resulting from the 2020 Edenville and Sanford dam failures in Midland and Gladwin counties and resulting flooding, a Michigan Court of Claims judge ...