Assessing dam spillway discharge capacity in response to extreme floods in Perak river hydroelectric scheme: Simulation and proposed mitigation measures

• Main Authors: Azha S.F., Sidek L.M., Kok K., Ahmad S.A., Saman D.H., Allias Omar S.M., Basri H., Zawawi M.H., Ahmed A.N.
• Other Authors: 56166798400
• Format: Article
• Published: Ain Shams University 2024
• Subjects: Mitigation Measures; Overtopping Failures; Perak River HES; Probable Maximum Flood (PMF); Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP); Spillway Discharge Capacity; Water Energy Security; Dams; Decision making; Energy security; Failure (mechanical); Floods; Information management; Rain; Risk management; Safety engineering; Spillways; Discharge capacities; Hydro electric; Mitigation measures; Overtopping failures; Perak river hydro-electric scheme; Probable maximum flood; Probable maximum floods; Probable maximum precipitation; Spillway discharge capacity; Water energy; Water energy security; Rivers

The aged dams in Perak river Hydro-Electric Scheme (HES) have been constructed decades ago and a common concern raised during dam safety reviews is that they were not designed to safely reroute the Probable Maximum Flood (PMF) but rather the Inflow Design Flood (IDF) of 1,000 years� design floods. F...