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Using the DEMATEL-VIKOR Method in Dam Failure Path Identification

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  • Yantao Zhu

    (State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
    National Engineering Research Center of Water Resources Efficient Utilization and Engineering Safety, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
    College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Xinqiang Niu

    (Changjiang Institute of Survey, Planning, Design and Research, Wuhan 430010, China)

  • Chongshi Gu

    (State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
    National Engineering Research Center of Water Resources Efficient Utilization and Engineering Safety, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
    College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Dashan Yang

    (State Key Laboratory of Hydrology-Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
    National Engineering Research Center of Water Resources Efficient Utilization and Engineering Safety, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China
    College of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, Hohai University, Nanjing 210098, China)

  • Qiang Sun

    (CCCC Third Harbor Engineering Co. Ltd., Shanghai 200032, China)

  • E. Fernandez Rodriguez

    (Technological Institute of Merida, Technological Avenue, Merida 97219, Mexico)

Abstract

Dams are important water-resisting structures prone to failure, causing huge economic and environmental losses. Traditionally, a dam failure is identified using the failure mode and effect analysis. This approach analyzes both the dam failure path (the specific effect chain of the failure mode) and the damage degree, by identifying and sorting the severity caused by the dam failure path. However, this analysis can be misleading since the relationship among the failure paths is not considered. To account for this, the DEMATEL method is used to modify the evaluation result of the severity of the failure consequence, caused by the dam failure path. Based on the fuzzy mathematics and VIKOR method, a dam failure path identification method is established, and then the dam failure paths are identified and sorted for a case study: gravity dam located at the junction of Yibin County (China). According to results, the two top initial failure paths were insufficient design of upstream anti-seepage (R6) or defective water-tight screen and corrosion (R7).

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  • Yantao Zhu & Xinqiang Niu & Chongshi Gu & Dashan Yang & Qiang Sun & E. Fernandez Rodriguez, 2020. "Using the DEMATEL-VIKOR Method in Dam Failure Path Identification," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-21, February.
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