Keynote Lecture: Torrent control with check dams: historical evolution in France
Résumé
This keynote lecture trace back the use of check dams in torrent control works performed in France. It recalls the emergence of torrent control during the XIXth century, the techniques used from 1860 to the first World War, the emergence of reinforce concrete and earth moving machinery allowing to build open check dams and how these latter are used. It also points the current way French manager deal with these structures through wide data base, comprehensive hazard assessment studies and functional analysis of protection measures.
