Section 1

This section will expose the participants to the following areas:

• Overview of dam safety aspects 
• Legislative provisions of Dam safety- Existing and Future
• Overview of Basic design philosophy of dam, defence measures and features provided for safety
• Preparing and maintaining documentation for dam and network for safety assessment
  • Concrete and masonry dams and canal network components
  • Earth and rockfill dams and canal embankments
  • Pipelines and control structures
• Overview of Basic design philosophy for conveyance networks and associated structures- Canals and pipelines
• Overview of Flood risks and handling them in real time, effect of flood operations on the safety and upkeep of dams and networks
• Overview of Seismic risks and protocols for assessment of safety and performance worthiness
• Instrumentation and structural behaviour analysis
• Durability of Concrete Structures
• Behaviour and performance observation programme
• Specialised materials and techniques for repairs and rehabilitation- introduction
• Preparing and carrying out on-site inspection of a concrete/ masonry and earth/rockfill dams
• Hydromechanical Equipment and Dam Safety
• Evaluation of different types of energy dissipating arrangements, and remedial measures
• Under water inspection techniques
• Use of hand-held Mobiles, GPS and remote sensing techniques for network status assessments and mapping
• Efficiency measurement of conveyance network
• Network status assessment using mobile technologies
• Assessment of emergency preparedness and disaster management under normal and extreme conditions, information communication, processing and decision protocols, Standard Operating Procedures
• Dam Safety Instrumentation monitoring in Dams and allied Structures
• Rock Mechanics Investigations for Dams and reservoir Slope Stability Problems
• Geomembranes for seepage control in dams
• Latest format being used for writing Inspection reports for dams in India

Section 2

This section will expose participants to the latest investigation techniques in the following areas:

• Geotechnical investigations of existing dams
• Non Destructive Testing and Diagnostics for Distressed Structures
• Geophysical Techniques for
• Leak path detection
• Internal Erosion
• Identification of zone of water accumulation
• Cavity/ sinkhole
• Concrete/ masonry degradation (weak zones)
• Residual density determination
• Stilling basin inspection
• Use of Temperature and strain sensing for dams
• Latest Developments including Optical Fibre Sensors
• Geophysical Investigation techniques
  • Seismic/ Sonic Tomography
  • Electrical Resistivity Imaging/ Tomography
  • Multi-Channel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW)
  • Seismic Refraction Tomography
  • Streaming Potential
  • Ground Penetrating Radar