Publications
Bulletin 162
Environmental Fluid MechanicsBulletin 178
Operation of Hydraulic Structures of DamsBulletin 180
Dam Surveillance - Lessons learnt from case histories27th Congress
Marseille June 2022World Register of Dams / Registre Mondial des Barrages
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Position Paper
Position Paper - Dam Safety and EarthquakesEvents
Solar Hydro 2024,
Antipolis Congress Centre Antibes-Juan Les Pins, France
22 and 23 April, 2024
Int'l Symposium on Safety on Dams - INCA Club
Rio Grande, Puerto Rico
May 21 - 23, 2024
International Symposium on Dams and Earthquakes
Athens, Greece
12 - 13 September 2024
HYDRO 2024 Secure technology for turbulent times
Messe Congress Graz (MCG), Austria
18 to 20 November 2024
17th ICOLD International Benchmark Workshop on Numerical Analysis of Dams
Sofia, Bulgaria
9th - 12th April 2025
28th ICOLD Congress & 93rd Annual Meeting
Chengdu, China
10 May to 23rd May 2025
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