In civil engineering, quicksand is more than just a puddle of mud! The "quick condition" occurs when seepage reduces the ...

It was suggested at the time that the failure of the dam to withstand the flood of 1910 was due to two causes. First, the great bulk of the hurriedly built concrete, some of which was laid in ...

The failure of the Rapidan Dam in June opened up new research opportunities for local geologists and researchers. Such opportunities are important in light of the increasing dangers presented by ...

A four-year state comptroller's review found hundreds of dams in New York lacking either an emergency plan or plans that ...

Larson described what happened at the Rapidan Dam as an “avulsive failure.” The Blue Earth River went around the Rapidan Dam ...

“We’ve been flying drones repeatedly on swaths upstream and downstream, looking at the changes in the river since the dam ...

Nearly 150 people would probably die if there were a “sudden failure” of the reservoir embankment, according to a scenario ...