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Changing Times — the Challenges and Risks of Managing Aging Infrastructure Under a New Financial Reality United States Society on Dams Changing Times — The Challenges and Risks of Managing Aging Infrastructure Under a New Financial Reality 33rd Annual USSD Conference Phoenix, Arizona, February 11-15, 2013 CONTENTS Plenary Session USACE Experience in Performing Constructability Reviews ...............1 David Paul, Mike Zoccola and Vanessa Bateman, Corps of Engineers; and Dan Hertel, Engineering Solutions, LLC Levees Levee Evaluation with Ground-Penetrating Radar ....................3 Hussein Khalefa Chlaib, Haydar Al-Shukri, Hanan Mahdi, M. Mert Su, Aycan Catakli and Najah Abd, University of Arkansas at Little Rock How Enhanced and Economically Viable Engineering Analysis Can Help Levee Owners Evaluate Their Inventory in Response to FEMA’s Proposed Approach for Non-Accredited Levees ..................................5 Todd Mitchell, Paul Grosskruger and Cornelia Dean, Fugro Constultants, Inc.; and Bob Woldringh, Furgro Engineers, BV Use of Fragility Curves in Assigning Levee Remediation Priorities ...........7 Rich Millet, Sujan Punyamurthula, Derek Morley and Loren Murray, URS Corporation Probabilistic Evaluation of Levee Distress for the Sacramento River Bank Protection Project .....................................9 Khaled Chowdhury, URS Corporation; Derek Morley and Mary Perlea, Corps of Engineers; Wilbur Huang, California Department of Water Resources; and Matthew Weil and Saritha Aella, URS Corporation Integrating Levee Performance Assessments into Complex Flood Protection Systems ..........................................11 T. Mitchell, Fugro Consultants, USA; R. Kluskens, Royal HaskoningDHV; B. Woldringh, Fugro Consultants BV; M.T. van der Meer, Fugro WaterServices; R.G. Kamp and C. de Gooijer, HKV Consultants; M.M. Hillen, Royal HaskoningDHV Concrete Dams Updated Stress and Stability Analysis of a TVA Dam ..................13 Dan D. Curtis, HATCH Ltd.; Husein Hasan, Tennessee Valley Authority; Frank Feng and Bob He, HATCH Ltd.; and Justin Long, Tennessee Valley Authority v An Advanced Model for Simulation of ASR Behavior at Roanoke Rapids Dam .....15 Brian R. Reinicker and Farzad Abedzadeh, HDR Engineering, Inc.; Robin G. Charlwood, Robin Charlwood & Associates; and John A. Cima, Dominion Resources Services, Inc. Investigations to Evaluate Performance of Concrete Arch Dam Affected by Alkali-Silica Reaction ..................................17 Daniel D. Mares, Bureau of Reclamation Structural Analysis of Corbels on an Aging Multiple-Arch Dam ............19 Brad B. Watson, Victor M. Vasquez and Les Boyd, Freese and Nichols, Inc.; Doug Witkowski, Lower Colorado River Authority; and James O. Jirsa, University of Texas at Austin Integrating Infrastructure Upgrades with Gravity Dam Repairs ............21 Timothy W. Johnston, Gannett Fleming, Inc.; John A. Wilkes, Carpi USA Inc.; Mishelle Noble-Blair, Fairfax Water; and Thomas B. Pursel, Gannett Fleming, Inc. Explicit Seismic Analysis of Mossyrock Dam ......................23 Dan D. Curtis, Hatch Associates Consultants; Gurinderbir Sooch, HATCH Ltd.; and Toby Brewer and Andrew Schildmeyer, Tacoma Power Strength Monitoring for RCC Dam During Construction ................25 James Stiady, Kleinfelder; Frank Collins, Parsons; and Jim Zhou, Gerald E. Reed III, Wade Griffis and Jeffrey A. Shoaf, San Diego County Water Authority Practical Application of RFC Dam Construction Based on Cheap Mix Design of SCC ..........................................27 Qiong Wu, Xuehui An, Miansong Huang and Feng Jin, Tsinghua University Filling an Expanded Reservoir — A Myriad of Considerations .............29 Kelly L. Rodgers, Gerard E. Reed III and Jim Zhou, San Diego County Water Authority; Surraya Rashid and Rosalva Morales, City of San Diego; and Thomas O. Keller, GEI Consultants, Inc.; and Anna E. Kolakowski, California Department of Water Resources Tailings Dams Dam Break Analysis Applied to Tailings Dams: USSD Workshop Summary and Perspectives .......................................31 José L.M. Clemente, Bechtel Power Corporation; Robert E. Snow, D’Appolonia Engineering; Carmen Bernedo, MWH Global, Inc.; Clinton Strachan, MWH Americas, Inc.; and Andy Fourie, University of Western Australia vi Design, Construction, and Performance of a Seepage Cutoff Barrier in a Dam ....33 Iván A. Contreras, Jon D. Ausdemore, Joe A. Welna and Rachel E. Franz, Barr Engineering Co. Seismic Design of Perimeter Slurry Walls for the Kingston Coal Ash Pond Closure ..35 Alan F. Rauch, Stantec, Inc.; Rodney P. McAffee, C-CORE; and Yong Wu and Luis J. Arduz, Stantec, Inc. Foundations Performance of Prewetted Loess Foundations for Embankment Dams .........37 William Engemoen, Bureau of Reclamation Erodabilty of Seepage Barrier Materials ........................39 Nathan Braithwaite and John Rice, Utah State University; and David Paul, Corps of Engineers Blue Lake Dam Left Abutment Stabilization Design ...................41 James H. Rutherford, Peter Friz, John Werner and Lingmin Feng, HATCH Renewable Power; and Jerry Higgins, Colorado School of Mines Hydraulics and Hydrology Performance of RCC Strengthened Levee in Full-Scale Overtopping Tests .......43 Fashad Amini and Lin Li, Jackson State University Scour of Discontinuous Blocky Rock ...........................45 Michael George and Nicholas Sitar, University of California, Berkeley Finite Element Modeling of Trunnion Rods .......................47 Mark A. Cesare, J. Darrin Holt and Robert F. Lindyberg, FDH Engineering, Inc.; and Jim J. Lua and Xiujun Fang, Global Engineering and Materials, Inc., Effects of Bronze and Composite Sleeves on Trunnion Yoke Plate Stress Concentrations ......................................49 Thomas J. Walker, Black & Veatch Corporation; Kevin Z. Truman, University of Missouri-Kansas City; and Kurt A. Jacobs, Corps of Engineers Hodenpyl Hydroelectric Plant — Spill Tube Headgate Replacement Project ......51 Tor Hansen, Barr Engineering Company; Adam Monroe, Consumers Energy Company; and Rusty Friedle, Gerace Construction Inundation Mapping for Impending Record Reservoir Releases —Missouri River Flood of 2011.......................................53 Thomas Gorman, Lowell Blankers, Laurel Hamilton, Colleen Horihan, Troy Ingram, Tony Krause, Curtis Miller, Eric Morrison, Michelle Schultz, Megan Splattstoesser and Neil Vohl, Corps of Engineers vii Saving Lives with 2-D Inundation Flood Modeling as a Dam Design Tool .......55 Milan Jankovic and Shane Willard, Bureau of Indian Affairs IDF Determination Using Risk Analysis at the Norway-Oakdale Project ........57 Eric J. Gross, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Modeling a Low-Head Dam Retrofit with a 2-D Hydraulic Model (Adaptive Hydraulics) ........................................59 Jeff Weiss, Jon Ausdemore, Tom MacDonald and Ron Koth, Barr Engineering Company Approach for Mapping Flooding Risk near Lake Okeechobee, Florida .........61 Guillermo Simón, Taylor Engineering, Inc.; and Ao Yi, AECOM Comparison of Modern Day Inundation Modeling Techniques (2-D versus 1-D, with 3-D on the Horizon) .................................63 Milan Jankovic and Shane Willard, Bureau of Indian Affairs Dam Safety Incorporating Uncertainties in the Estimation of Vulnerabilities for Security Risk Assessments........................................65 J. Darrell Morgeson, Institute for Defense Analyses; Yazmin Seda-Sanabria, Corps of Engineers; Enrique E. Matheu, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; and Michael J. Keleher, Institute for Defense Analyses Semi-Quantitative Risk Categorization for Periodic Dam Safety Assessments .....67 Timothy M. O’Leary and Gregg A. Scott, Corps of Engineers Minimizing Over-Conservatism in Dam Safety Modifications through the Careful Use of Risk Analysis ...................................69 Daniel W. Osmun, William R. Fiedler and William O. Engemoen, Bureau of Reclamation Look Both Ways .....................................71 Kim de Rubertis, Consulting Engineer; and C. van Donkelaar, McMillen, LLC Interim Risk Reduction Measures Plans: Lessons Learned ...............73 Jacob Davis, Corps of Engineers Plan for the Safety of Aging Dams; Plan the Work, Work the Plan ...........75 William J. Friers, CDM Smith; Neil R. Bonesteel, City of Troy, NY; Kapila S. Pathirage, CDM Smith; and Chris E. Wheland, City of Troy, NY viii An Innovative Response Plan for Potential Seismic Failure Modes at Priest Rapids Dam........................................77 James H. Rutherford, HATCH Associates Consultants Inc.; Dave Mishalanie, Grant County Public Utility District No. 2; J. Groeneveld and Nikou Snell, Hatch Ltd.; and Mohammed Badruzzaman, HATCH Associates Consultants Inc. Increasing Prickett Dam Height for New PMF .....................79 Michael McCaffrey and Tony Plizga, Parsons Brinckerhoff; Ben Trotter and Todd Poehlman, Integrys Business Support; and Lorna Langone, Parsons Brinckerhoff Lake Delhi Dam Failure .................................81 William R. Fiedler, Bureau of Reclamation; Wayne King, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Neil Schwanz, Corps of Engineers; and William Holman, Stanley Consultants, Inc. Earthquakes Overburden Correction Factors for Predicting Liquefaction Resistance Under Embankment Dams ....................................83 Jack Montgomery and Ross W. Boulanger, University of California, Davis; and Leslie F. Harder, Jr., HDR Engineering, Inc. Fault Rupture Risk Evaluation and Mitigation at the Isabella Auxiliary Dam .....85 David C. Serafini and Henri V. Mulder, Corps of Engineers Seismic Analysis of the Baker River Hydroelectric Project West Pass Dike ......87
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