Researchers are using a 3D scanner to predict the geographical conditions that cause dams to collapse. In a scaled-down model reservoir, the team used an Optech ILRIS (Intelligent Laser Ranging and Imaging System) to record different bank angles and determine the conditions where a critical failure might occur.
The study, titled Identifying the influences of geological factors on reservoir bank collapse by a model test draws on years of research made by leading geologists, including the statistical Bank-Slope Structure Prediction Method (BSSPM) proposed by Tang et el. And Xu et al. in a study of the collapse area of the Three Gorges Dam, which stretches across China’s Yangzte River. At 2,335 meters long, the Three Gorg...
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