Automatic Dam Safety Evaluation

Abstract

This paper proposes an expert system to evaluate dam safety for 14 large dams in Thailand. The proposed expert system is implemented within Dam Safety Remote Monitoring System (DS-RMS) which is currently operated by Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT). The system automatically evaluates 35 failure modes for 3 major dam types and operates 24 hours a day. The expert system has been developed and implemented by the developers and the dam safety experts who are familiar with the expert rules that have been used to evaluate the dam failure mode in Thailand. DS-RMS have been in full operation since 2016 to improve dam safety management and enhance public confidence about dam safety.