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ISSMGE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE ANNUAL REPORT
TC210 - DAMS
DAMS AND EMBANKMENTS
Date: -May 28, 2011
Period covered by this report: October 2009 – May 2011
Prepared by: Zeping Xu
Chair:
Zeping Xu
Vice-Chair:
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Secretary:
Gang Wang
1.
Have you distributed the Terms of Reference
to the TC members?
YES
2.
Are any TC members not responsive?
NO
3.
Is your TC webpage on the ISSMGE website
up to date?
YES
Note: we may need access password to upload updated
information on website.
4.
Please list the conferences and workshops and other activi-
ties you have held or plan to hold.
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TC210 will co-sponsor an International Symposium on
Modern Technologies and Long Term Behavior of Dam
with Chinese National Committee on Large dams on
Sept. 27-29, 2011.
5.
Please list the work ask(s) you assigned to TC members and
comment on progress and future plans. Include, where rele-
vant, target deadline and deliverable(s).
Work task
Responsible/deadline/deliverable
Progress
Future plans
Prepare special issue on dam engi-
neering for the "International
Journal of Geo-engineering Case
Histories" (TC210)
Contribute papers/end of 2011 or
May, 2012
1 or 2 papers is prepar-
ing
Try to correct 2 or 3 more
papers
TC210 newsletters
CVs of members, dam construction
news, conference information/June
or July
Collecting CVs of half
of all members. Dam
news is editing.
Continue to edit newsletter 2
and 3. It may focus on a
special subject.
TERMS OF REFERENCES
TC210 Dams
Chair: Xu Zeping
Terms of Reference
To promote co-operation and exchange of information con-
cerning research and developments in geotechnical issues
of dam design and construction among TC members and
ISSMGE member societies.
To encourage the application of the latest research results of
soil mechanics and geotechnical engineering in practices of
dam engineering.
To summarize and share experiences on dealing with geo-
technical problems in dam construction practices. Encour-
age report and discussion on dam failure incidents and the
solutions for dams constructed under complex geological
conditions.
To advance the above aims through collaboration with
ICOLD (International Commission on Large Dams).
Encourage TC members to join the activities of ICOLD.
Activities Planned
Knowledge dissemination on geotechnical issues of dam
engineering
Publish case histories (with International Journal of Geo-
technical Case Histories)
Arrange short courses and dam site visits
Organize specialty conferences, symposiums and work-
shops
Arrange TC210 sessions on ISSMGE Conferences
MEMBERSHIP
Dong-Hoon Shin from Korea
I.I. Bekbassarov from Kazakhstan
M. Bidasaria from India
Killian de Fries from Venezuela
Dimitris Gazelas from Greece
Jörg Klompmaker from Germany
Bernhard Odenwald from Germany
Jose M. Martinez Santamaria from Spain
Laszlo Nagy from Hungary
Emanuel Maranha das Neves from Portugal
Lurdes Pimenta from Portugal
Luca Pagano from Italy
Jimmy Rivera from Ecuador
Abbas Soroush from Iran
J.-F. Vanden Berghe from Belgium
Yoshikazu Yamaguchi from Japan
Note: Mr. A. Charles was retired. He’ll not join the activities of
TC210.
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