Articles about Damm Safety

Girls at the University - IGE Day 2019

IGEday stands for Introduce a Girl to Engineering day and is an annual initiative from Womengineer to increase interest in technology and engineering among girls. Companies, organizations and universities around Sweden are encouraged to attend this day, where they will be able to invite girls for a day of activities and give them an insight into how it is to work as an engineer.

The journal of Earth Sciences and Geotechnical Engineering Journal: Special issue

3 publications from Luleå University of Technology in special edition of the journal.

In the media: Residents want review as strength of Muskrat Falls dam questioned

Robin Dury has just finished a Master's thesis in civil engineering at Lulea University of Technology in Sweden, focusing on the North Spur.

In the media: Mosul Dam No Longer on Brink of Catastrophe

"There is no guarantee the dam will ever be safe. Studies done on the dam all show that its collapse is imminent," he said. "The minister may say it's safe because Iraq is already past the flooding season, which peaks in April and ends in May. You will have the same problem every year in April" says Nadhir al-Ansari, professor of water resources and environmental engineering at Lulea University in Sweden and a published expert on the Mosul Dam, agreed that the risk is serious.

In the media: Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari interviewed about the situation at the dam in Mosul

Engineer warns spring melt could spell disaster for Iraqis living below Mosul Dam, says Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari in CBC Radio Canada.

In the media: Mosul Dam collapse will be worse than a nuclear bomb

No matter how much grouting and maintenance the company will do, it may expand the life span of the dam, but it is just going to delay the disaster," said Nadhir al-Ansari, professor of water resources and environmental engineering at Lulea University in Sweden and a published expert on the Mosul Dam.

In the media: Workshop on the dam in Mosul

Scientists and experts gathered today in central Stockholm to find solutions to the disputed Mosul Dam in Iraq. Many scientists believe that there is a great risk of dam failure.

Soil and rockfill dams - an insight into the causes of dam failure

7 Jun. 2016 12:00 – 13:00 :

In the media: Disaster of Biblical scale threatens in Iraq

Professor Nadhir Al-Ansari, Luleå University of Technology, participated live in TV4 News via video link about their exclusive coverage of the dam in Mosul.

The Mosul Dam Crisis: Overview and Solutions

Keynote Speech by Prof. Nadhir al-­‐Ansari, Faculty of Engineering, Lulea University of Technology Promoted by PAFI – Peace Ambassadors for Iraq Hosted by the Center of American Studies.

Debate: The quake damages the confidence of the scientific community

Debate article in view on the statement by Dr. May-Britt Öhman, Uppsala University.

Earthquake in northern Sweden in March 2016

Late on the evening of 19 March there was an earthquake in northern Sweden, with the epicenter about 4 mil in the Gulf of Bothnia between Piteå and Skellefteå. According to the Swedish National Seismic Network at the University of Uppsala the quake reached 4.1 on the Richter scale.

In the media: The Catastrophic Failure of a Dam in Iraq is terrifyingly Close

The largest dam in Iraq is going to burst. Is anyone on that? Nadhir Al-Ansari, Soil Mechanics, in Good Magazine.

In the media: The Mosul Dam could become greater threat than the IS

The Mosul Dam is a ticking time bomb. Over one million people risk drowning of dam failures, which would mean a far deadlier threat than jihadistgruppen Islamic State (IS) in Iraq. In the worst case Mosul the water arrives at four hours.

In the media: Water Dam in Mosul at risk of collapse

The large vattendammen in Mosul in Iraq in danger of falling - and millions of lives are in danger. The warning comes now from Nadhir Al-Ansari, a professor of geotechnical engineering and resident in Luleå.

Internationally acclaimed research

Nadhir Al-Ansari, Professor in Soil Mechanics at Luleå University of Technology, has for many years conducted research on the dam in Mosul and warned against what he calls "the world's most dangerous dam." Recently Nadhir Al-Ansari has appeared in some of the world's largest news media.

All articles about the cooperation with Iraq

Within the research subject Soil Mechanics at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering

New book: Geological and Engineering Investigations of the most dangerous dam in the world

The Mosul Dam is located on the Tigris River in north western part of Iraq; approximately 60 km northwest of Mosul city and 80 Km from Syrian and Turkish borders

In the media: Nadhir Al-Ansari talks about the dam in Mosul

Interview on Rafiden Satellite Channel for about 50 minutes on water resources problems in Iraq. The interview was in Arabic language.

The most dangerous dam in the world

A distinguished visitor at Luleå University, Dr. Nasrat Adamo, former chief engineer at the Mosul Dam in Iraq, lectured on the dam's deficiencies and risks of a disaster. It was the research group in Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering under the direction of Professor Sven Knutsson who organized the lecture.

In the news: Mosul Dam in terrorists' hands

The dam in Mosul, Iraq, is now in the hands of the Islamic state (IS), writes German Spectrum. Luleå University of Technology has conducted research on the dam's stability.

Published:27 February 2016
Updated: 11 October 2019
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