Publications

Unravelling the Mysteries of the Katse Dam Seismic Belt and Performed Joint

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, South Africa. Considering that significant developments have been made in analysis systems for arch dams since the design of Katse Dam in the 1990s, in their 2018 review, the Panel of […]


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Foundation and Foundation Treatment Design of an Off-Channel Storage Dam

  SANCOLD 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 6-7 November 2024  By Michelle Blaeser, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd, South Africa. Consideration of geological features through comprehensive investigations conducted throughout several phases of dam design, will ensure the most appropriate means of foundation preparation and treatment at the site. Prior to the design phase at Olifantspoort Off-Channel Storage Dam, […]


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A Review of the Stability Acceptance Criteria of Concrete Gravity Dams

  SANCOLD 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 6-7 November 2024  By Ryan Cassells, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author M Blaeser, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd, South Africa.   The various guidelines for concrete gravity dam design, as provided by different dam engineering bodies, indicates that published dam design criteria of the various bodies are not necessarily the same […]


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Validated Finite Element Modelling of the Thermodynamic Operating State of KATSE DAM

SANCOLD 2024 ANNUAL CONFERENCE 6-7 November 2024  By Ryan Cassells, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author L Hattingh, Hatting Anderson Associates CC, Woodhill, South Africa -co-author Prof P Moyo Department of Civil Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa. The structural response of large concrete arch dams under operating conditions, are significantly influenced by the seasonal […]


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Calibrated numerical modelling of the stress-strain response of the 275 m high Yusufeli concrete arch dam during first filling

92nd  ICOLD ANNUAL MEETING & INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM 29 Sep- 03 Oct 2024  By Ryan Cassells, ARQ Dams Pty Ltd -co-author Q.H.W. Shaw ARQ Consulting Engineers Limited, Mauritius -F.V. Ҫevik Limak Inşaat A.Ş., Ankara, Turkey D. Aydoğan General Directorate of State Hydraulic Works, Ankara, Turkey With a significant increase in computing capacity over the past two decades, substantial […]


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