Methods of analysis and risk assessment of accidents of hydraulic structures

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Relevance of the research is due to the fact that over the past 10 years severe accidents at large hydropower plants and dams occurred in Russia (SayanoShushenskaya HPP, 2009), USA (Oroville dam, 2018), Brazil (Brumadinho dike, 2019), Colombia (HPP Ituango, 2018) and other countries, the need has arisen to improve the safety programs of the HS and dams. The main method of this important work is to use methods of analysis and assessment of risk accidents of HS and dams. Methods of this important work are to develop modern methodology for analyzing and assessing the risk of accidents of HS and dams. The introduction of the method of analysis and risk assessment in the safety programs of hydraulic structures (dams) in countries that are advanced in the construction of HS (China, Brazil, Canada, USA, Russia, Colombia, Norway, Spain, etc.) shows that in applying risk assessment analysis accidents of HS and dams still a number of difficulties, but this approach is of great benefit in monitoring the safety of HS and dams. The aim of this article is to familiarize and train specialists and hydraulic engineers with modern methods for assessing the safety of HS and dams.

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Yury P. Lyapichev

Hydroproject Institute (Joint Stock Company)

Author for correspondence.
Email: lyapichev@mail.ru

Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, expert for Foreign Projects of JSC “Hydroproject Institute”; member of the International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD).

2 Volokolamskoe shosse, Moscow, 125993, Russian Federation

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