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Curriculum
Dam Safety, Surveillance & Asset Integrity Curriculum
From fundamentals to advanced diagnostics
A complete syllabus across the dam safety lifecycle — legislation and design standards, inspection and monitoring, instrumentation, failure modes, diagnostics and emergency action planning. Watch sample lectures free below.
Delivered fully online through the AF Academy LMS - self-paced, with 6.5 months of access from the date you activate the course by clicking "Start Course" in the LMS.
§02 / Syllabus
Syllabus
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- 01Lecture-01: An overview of dam and network safety
Mr. A. B. Pandya
- 02Lecture-02: Overview of basic design philosophy of dam, defence measures and features provided for safety
Mr. Y K Handa
- 03Lecture-03: Overview of basic design philosophy for conveyance networks and associated structures-canals and pipelines
Mr. Saibal Ghosh
- 04Lecture-04: Overview of flood risks and handling them in real time, effect of flood operations on the safety and upkeep of dams and networks
Mr. N K Mathur
- 05Lecture-05: Durability of concrete structures
Mr. Murari Ratnam
- 06Lecture-06: Hydromechanical equipment and Dam Safety
Mr. S K G Pandit
- 07Lecture-07: Instrumentation and structural behaviour analysis for dams and other hydraulic structures
Mr. Manohar Singh
- 08Lecture-08: Preparing and carrying out on-site inspection of a concrete/ masonry and earth rockfill dams
Mr. A. B. Pandya
- 09Lecture-09: Instrumentation for earth and rockfill dams
Mr. Manohar Singh
- 10Lecture-10: Evaluation of different types of energy dissipating arrangements, and remedial measures
Mr. P Ramaraju
- 11Lecture-11: Specialized materials and techniques for repairs and rehabilitation
Mr. Rajesh Pandey
- 12Lecture-12: Preparing and maintaining documentation for dam and network for safety assessment
Mr. Manohar Singh
- 13Lecture-13: Under water inspection techniques
Mr. Rajesh Pandey
- 14Lecture-14: Assessment of emergency preparedness and disaster management
Mr. N N Rai
- 15Lecture-15: Overview of seismic risks and protocols for assessment of safety and performance worthiness
Dr. B. R. K. Pillai
- 16Lecture-16: Efficiency measurement of conveyance network
Dr. Yella Reddy
- 17Lecture-17: Use of hand-held Mobiles, GPS and remote sensing techniques for network status assessments and mapping
Mr. Paavan Kumar Reddy Gollapalli
- 18Lecture-18: Behaviour and performance observation programme
Mr. D K Sharma
- 19Lecture-19: Rock mechanics testing for dams
Mr. Hari Dev
- 20Lecture-20: Geomembranes for seepage control in dams
Mr. V Subramanian
- 21Lecture-21: Legislative provisions of Dam Safety-existing and future
Mr. Gulshan Raj
- 22Lecture-22: Latest format being used for writing Inspection reports for dams in India
Mr. S Masood Husain
- 23Lecture-23: Geotechnical investigations of existing dams
Mr. Ravi Sundaram
- 24Lecture-24: Non-destructive testing and diagnostics for distressed structures-techniques & case studies
Mr. V V Arora
- 25Lecture-25: Geophysical Investigations for Dam Safety
Dr. Sanjay Rana
- 26Lecture-26: Use of temperature and strain sensing for dams using optical fibre sensors
Dr. Sam Johnsson
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