Why are enormous arch dams found in narrow mountain canyons while smaller dams rarely use the same curved design? Civil engineer Grady Hillhouse from Practical Engineering investigates the physics ...

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Scientists have developed a new modular steel buttress dam system designed to resolve energy storage issues hindering the integration of renewable resources into the energy mix. The new modular steel ...

WAWANESA — The new Wawanesa dam design was announced this month, along with a construction timeline that will see the previous 1939-built dam destroyed in the next three years. As we navigate through ...

Brazilian miner Vale SA identified concerns around its tailings dams in 2009 and studied but did not implement several steps that could have prevented or lessened the damage from last week's deadly ...

Satellite imagery after the catastrophic flooding that struck the city of Derna. Satellite image (c) 2023 Maxar Technologies/Getty Images Dams are usually built to ...