Publications

Resolving Drainage Design Conflicts In A Dam Raising Project

SANCOLD 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 5-6 November 2025 By N Geldenhuys, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author, HJ Wright The Tzaneen Dam, built in the 1970s, requires upgrades to meet modern standards. A key design component, the downstream toe drain, was re-evaluated as part of the raising project. However, discrepancies between the original design drawings and the […]


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Numerical Modelling For Design Of A Side Spillway Concrete Infill Structure At Yusufeli Dam

SANCOLD 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 5-6 November 2025 By RO Cassells, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author, QHW Shaw, GD Roberts, D Aydoğan, FV Ҫevik Yusufeli Dam is a 275 m high double-curvature concrete arch dam on the Coruh River in the Artvin Province of the Black Sea region of Turkey. The dam has a developed crest […]


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Stability Analysis Of Katse Dam Foundation Wedges Under Static And Seismic Conditions

SANCOLD 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 5-6 November 2025 By F. Smit, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author R Cassells, L Phooko, R Hlajoane and L Hattingh, South Africa. The last Panel of Expert (POE) review of Katse Dam in 2018 concluded that the original design calculations although appropriate at the time, does not satisfy all the current […]


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Calibration Of The Finite Element Model Of Katse Dam

SANCOLD 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 5-6 November 2025 By Ryan Cassells, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author QHW Shaw, L Phooko, R Hlajoane and L Hattingh The last Panel of Expert review of Katse Dam in 2018 (Dungar et al: 2019) concluded that the original design calculations although appropriate at the time, do not satisfy all the […]


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Dynamic Calibration Of The Finite Element Model Of Katse Dam

SANCOLD 2025 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 5-6 November 2025 By Ryan Cassells, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author P Moyo, L Phooko, R Hlajoane and L Hattingh The last Panel of Expert review of Katse Dam in 2018 (Dungar et al: 2019) concluded that the original design calculations although appropriate at the time, do not satisfy all the […]


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