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Health monitoring of concrete dams: a literature review

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Health monitoring of concrete dams has become a topic of great importance and involves monitoring the static and dynamic behavior of large dams. This paper provides a literature review on the subject of health monitoring of concrete dams based on static and dynamic tests. The intent of this paper is to evaluate case studies in health monitoring of concrete dams whereby the reader can reflect on the various techniques that have been used in analyzing data in this field. The knowledge obtained will be used to highlight the state of the art and consequently advance the research in this field of dam engineering.

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The authors would like to acknowledge the financial support of Water Research Commission (WRC) South Africa of the on-going project. The authors also thank the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) South Africa for accepting the access of the dams for monitoring. Support provided by the Concrete Materials and Structural Research Unit (CoMSIRU) is highly recognized.

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    P. Bukenya, P. Moyo & H. Beushausen

  2. Department of Water Affairs South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

    C. Oosthuizen

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Bukenya, P., Moyo, P., Beushausen, H. et al. Health monitoring of concrete dams: a literature review. J Civil Struct Health Monit 4, 235–244 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13349-014-0079-2

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