• Reforço de barragens de betão com recurso a aumentos da secção transversal 

  Conde Silva, J.; Serra, C. (Universidade de Aveiro, 2025-10)

  A adição de elevados volumes de betão por forma aumentar a secção transversal de barragens de betão é um procedimento de reforço relativamente comum. Estas modificações de secções de barragens incluem a adição de betão ao ...
• Reabilitação de barragens de betão através de sobreposição de camadas 

  Conde Silva, J.; Serra, C. (Universidade de Aveiro, 2025-10)

  A reabilitação de barragens de betão com recurso a argamassas e betões é uma prática amplamente adotada, impulsionada tanto por vantagens técnicas como económicas. Este artigo tem o objetivo de consolidar as informações ...
• Developing Statistical and Multilayer Perceptron Neural Network Models for a Concrete Dam Dynamic Behaviour Interpretation 

  Sejas, A.; Pereira, S.; Mata, J.; Cunha, A. (Infrastructures, 2025-11-09)

  This work focuses on the dynamic monitoring behaviour of concrete dams, with a specific emphasis on the Baixo Sabor dam as a case study. The main objective of the dynamic monitoring is to continuously observe the dam’s ...
• Influence of rock mass hydraulic properties and jointing pattern on hydromechanical behaviour of gravity dams 

  Braga Farinha, M. L.; Azevedo, N.; Oliveira, S. (The International Journal on Hydropower and Dams, 2025-10)

  In concrete dam foundations, rock mass discontinuities and spatial variations in permeability give rise to complex seepage patterns, making monitoring and safety evaluation particularly challenging. An accurate safety ...
• A coupled hydromechanical model including fracture propagation along th dam foundation interface for gravity dam´s stability assessment 

  Braga Farinha, M. L.; Azevedo, N.; Oliveira, S. (ABMS e SPG (Associação Brasileira de Mecânica dos Solos e Sociedade Portuguesa de Geotecnia), 2025-09)

  Most gravity dam failures occur due to sliding along the dam/foundation interface, rock mass discontinuities, or rock mass layers of lower strength. The possibility of sliding of a dam is usually evaluated based on ...
• LNEC support to the design adaptation of Alto Tâmega dam due to the rockslide on the right bank slope 

  Muralha, J.; Batista, A. L.; Lamas, L.; Mata, J.; Serra, C. (International Water Power and Dam Construction, 2025)

  During the excavations for the Alto Tâmega dam, a rockslide occurred on the right bank slope immediately downstream from the dam insertion surface, involving a volume of about 23,000 m3, which led to the complete stop of ...
• Creep tests in Daivões dam 

  Conde Silva, J.; Serra, C. (LNEC, 2025-04-14)

  This paper summarises the most relevant aspects of the design and installation of the laboratory and in-situ setups used to determine the dam concrete deformability over time. These experimental setups aim at determining ...
• Safety control during the Alto Tâmega Construction 

  Mata, J.; Serra, C.; Muralha, J.; Batista, A. L.; Lamas, L. (Taylor & Francis Group, 2025-05)

  During the excavations stage of Alto Tâmega dam construction, a landslide occurred on the right bank slope, immediately downstream of the dam’s insertion surface, involving a rock mass volume of about 23,000 m3. This paper ...
• Adaptative warning thresholds in dam safety using kernel density estimation 

  Silva-Cancino, N.; Irazábal, J.; Salazar, F.; Mata, J. (LNEC, 2025-04)

  This study presents a novel adaptive warning threshold approach for dam safety monitoring, employing Kernel Density Estimation (KDE), a statistical method for estimating the probability density function of continuous random ...
• Dynamic behaviour of a concrete dam: Development of statistical and machine learning models for interpretation of monitoring data 

  Sejas, A.; Pereira, S.; Mata, J.; Cunha, A. (LNEC, 2025-04)

  This work focuses on the dynamic monitoring behaviour of concrete dams, with a specific emphasis on the Baixo Sabor dam as a case study. The main objective of the dynamic monitoring is to continuously observe the dam's ...
• Analysis and interpretation of the structural behaviour of Daivões dam during the first filling of the reservoir 

  Serra, C.; Mata, J. (LNEC, 2025-04-14)

  This paper describes the main characteristics of Daivões dam and the construction period, presents the most relevant monitoring data and the structural behaviour interpretation of Daivões dam during the reservoir’s first ...
• LNEC support to the design adaptation of Alto Tâmega dam due to the rockslide on the right bank slope 

  Muralha, J.; Batista, A. L.; Lamas, L.; Mata, J.; Serra, C. (LNEC, 2025-04)

  During the excavations for the Alto Tâmega dam, a rockslide occurred on the right bank slope immediately downstream from the dam insertion surface, involving a volume of about 23,000 m3, which led to the complete stop of ...
• Contributions for a structural concrete dam monitoring dashboard in case of extreme flood events 

  Mata, J.; Serra, C.; Cunha, J.; Faria, A.; Salazar, F. (ICOLD, 2025-05)

  The observed behaviour of dams in flood events is a fundamental activity in supporting decision-making regarding emergency management situations. Computer systems for monitoring the observed values are mostly designed to ...
• Long-term behaviour analysis of Santa Luzia dam affected by concrete swelling reactions using machine learning techniques 

  Cunha, J.; Gomes, A.; Mata, J.; Batista, A. L.; Dias, I. M.; Salazar, F. (ICOLD, 2025-05)

  This paper aims to analyze the structural effects of concrete swelling reactions in a large dam using Machine Learning (ML) techniques. The analysis is based on geodetic displacements data collected from the beginning of ...
• Assessment of concrete dam foundation discharges for different reservoir levels following a hydromechanical discrete model 

  Braga Farinha, M. L.; Azevedo, N.; Oliveira, S. (LNEC, 2025-04)

  The ability to anticipate and avoid failures in concrete dams necessarily includes a detailed analysis of the mechanical/hydraulic properties and monitoring data relating to the dam -foundation system, an in-depth analysis ...
• Safety assessment of concrete gravity dams:hydromechanical coupling and fracture propagation 

  Braga Farinha, M. L.; Azevedo, N.; Oliveira, S. (MDPI, 2025-04)

  For the safety assessment of concrete dam-foundation systems this study uses an explicit time-stepping small displacement algorithm, which simulates the hydromechanical interaction and considers the discrete representation ...
• Monitoring internal swelling reactions in concrete dams 

  Conde Silva, J.; Serra, C. (Elsevier, 2024-11)

  Alkali-silica reaction (ASR) and delayed ettringite formation (DEF) are the most common internal swelling reactions (ISR) in concrete dams. The swelling effects and concrete deterioration caused by ISR can be observed in ...
• Characterization of Relative Movements between Blocks Observed in a Concrete Dam and Definition of Thresholds for Novelty Identification Based on Machine Learning Models 

  Mata, J.; Miranda, F.; Antunes, A.; Romão, X.; Santos, J. (mdpi, 2023-01)

  Dam surveillance activities are based on observing the structural behaviour and interpreting the past behaviour supported by the knowledge of the main loads. For day-to-day activities, datadriven models are usually adopted. ...
• Soft Computing and Machine Learning in Dam Engineering 

  Hariri-Ardebili, M.A.; Salazar, F.; Pourkamali-Anaraki, F; Mazzà, G.; Mata, J. (mdpi, 2023-02)

  Traditional dam safety methods, based on visual inspections and manual monitoring, have long been the standard for ensuring the stability and safety of dams. However, as the scale and complexity of dam projects have ...
• Safety assessment of a gravity dam using a hydromechanical model: fracture propagation at the dam/foundation interface 

  Braga Farinha, M. L.; Azevedo, N.; Oliveira, S. (CRC Press, 2024-08)

  Most gravity dam failures occur due to sliding along the dam/foundation interface, rock mass discontinuities, or rock mass layers of lower strength. The possibility of sliding of a dam is usually evaluated based on simplified ...

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