# Dam Engineering and Safety

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/dam-engineering-and-safety-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 208,846 |
| Description | 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. |
| Domain | Physical Sciences |
| Field | Engineering |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T12293 |
| Works | 39,967 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [George Em Karniadakis](https://scholariq.org/researchers/george-em-karniadakis/)
- [Thomas J.R. Hughes](https://scholariq.org/researchers/thomas-j-r-hughes/)
- [Ted Belytschko](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ted-belytschko/)
- [Biswajeet Pradhan](https://scholariq.org/researchers/biswajeet-pradhan/)
- [Martinus Th. van Genuchten](https://scholariq.org/researchers/martinus-th-van-genuchten/)
- [Timon Rabczuk](https://scholariq.org/researchers/timon-rabczuk/)
- [Amir H. Gandomi](https://scholariq.org/researchers/amir-h-gandomi/)
- [N. LeRoy Poff](https://scholariq.org/researchers/n-leroy-poff/)
- [Zdeněk P. Bažant](https://scholariq.org/researchers/zdenek-p-bazant/)
- [Hojjat Adeli](https://scholariq.org/researchers/hojjat-adeli/)
- [O. C. Zienkiewicz](https://scholariq.org/researchers/o-c-zienkiewicz/)
- [Ivo Babuška](https://scholariq.org/researchers/ivo-babuska/)

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