Introductory technical guidance for professional engineers interested in navigation dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR PROJECT PLANNING , 2. PROJECT TEAM, 3. PROJECT FORMULATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES, 4. LEGAL ENVIRONMENT, 5. PROJECT COMPONENTS AND GENERAL FEATURE REQUIREMENTS, 6. EXISTING CONDITIONS, 7. NAVIGATION AND POOL OPERATIONAL CONSIDERATIONS, 8. HYDRAULIC DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS, 9. MODEL STUDIES, 10. MISCELLANEOUS ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS, 11. COFFERDAMS AND OTHER TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS, 12. ENVIRONMENTAL AND AESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS, 13. REAL ESTATE CONSIDERATIONS, 14. SITE SELECTION.

Introductory technical guidance for civil and mechanical engineers and construction managers interested in gates and other hydraulic structures for dams, locks and reservoirs. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL 2. GATED NON-NAVIGABLE SPILLWAY 3. GATED NAVIGABLE SPILLWAY 4. FIXED CREST 5. PIERS 6. MISCELLANEOUS STRUCTURAL FEATURES 7. SPECIAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS.

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in decommissioning of dams and related infrastructure. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. ECONOMIC THEORY OF DAM DECOMMISSIONING, 3. CATEGORIES OF IMPACT, 4. SUMMARY & CONCLUSIONS.

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in spillway gates for dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION, 2. TAINTER GATES, 3. VERTICAL LIFT GATES, 4. WICKET GATES, 5. HINGED CREST GATES, 6. ROLLER GATES, 7. DRUM GATES, 8. BEAR TRAP GATES, 9. BLADDER DAMS.

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, geotechnical engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in design and construction of coffer dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. INTRODUCTION, 2. PLANNING, LAYOUT, AND ELEMENTS OF COFFERDAMS, 3. GEOTECHNICAL CONSIDERATIONS, 4. FOUNDATION TREATMENT, 5. SOURCES AND PROPERTIES OF CELL FILL, 6. SEEPAGE CONTROL, 7. FOUNDATION UNDERSEEPAGE, 8. SEISMIC CONSIDERATIONS.

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers interested in design and construction of concrete gravity dams. Here is what is discussed: 1. GENERAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS, 2. COORDINATION BETWEEN DISCIPLINES, 3. CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, 4. SITE SELECTION, 5. DETERMINING FOUNDATION STRENGTH PARAMETERS, 6. DESIGN DATA, 7. FOUNDATION PROPERTIES.

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and structural engineers interested in design of hydraulic structures for dams and other water resources projects. Here is what is discussed: 1. PROGRESSIVE ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY, 2. METHODS OF ANALYSIS, 3. MODELING OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS, 4. EFFECTIVE STIFFNESS., 5. DAMPING, 6. INTERACTION WITH BACKFILL SOIL, 7. PERMANENT SLIDING DISPLACEMENT.