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CADAM3D is a user-friendly software based on the gravity method originally developed for one of the world biggest concrete dam owner, Hydro-Quebec, and for Dams and Hydrology of the Quebec Ministry of Environment (Quebec's legislator for dam safety). CADAM3D is fully functional and is intensively used by Hydro-Quebec since 2005. To our knowledge, no other software similar to CADAM3D is available at this time.
If you perform stability analyzes of concrete hydraulic structures, this software will allow you to perform them much faster and more efficiently. If you are interested in this type of software and would like to try CADAM3D for free, please click on the button "Contact us for a free trial of CADAM3D" to send us a message.
This doesn't mean a mouse has the right to vote or a cow has the right to free speech. But it does mean they have the .
Thanks to welfare advocates, veal crates are banned in the EU. Thanks to rights advocates, SeaWorld ended its orca breeding program. The tension between the two drives progress. You don't have to have a fully-formed philosophy to act today.
An animal rights advocate opposes factory farming, but also opposes "humane" slaughter. They oppose all animal testing, regardless of pain level. They often oppose zoos, horse racing, and even guide dog breeding (as it's still using an animal for human benefit). This doesn't mean a mouse has the right
One focuses on how animals are treated. The other asks whether we should be using them at all.
If you’ve ever scrolled through social media or watched a nature documentary, you’ve likely seen two phrases used interchangeably: animal welfare and animal rights . But while they sound similar, they represent two very different ways of thinking about our relationship with animals. Thanks to rights advocates, SeaWorld ended its orca
Practical, incremental, politically achievable. Most current laws (like anti-cruelty statutes) are based on welfare.
Understanding the difference is key to having informed conversations about factory farming, animal testing, zoos, and even your new puppy. Let’s break it down. Animal welfare is the belief that animals should be treated humanely and without unnecessary suffering. However, it accepts that humans can use animals for food, work, research, or entertainment—provided we meet their basic needs. An animal rights advocate opposes factory farming, but
It can lead to "cage-free but still slaughtered" scenarios. Critics argue it makes people feel better about inherently problematic systems. What are Animal Rights? (The "Not Ours to Use" Standard) Animal rights goes a step further. This philosophy argues that animals are not property to be owned or used for human purposes—period. Just as humans have fundamental rights (like the right not to be killed), so too do sentient animals.
The only real mistake is ignoring the question entirely. Because the animals aren't asking for perfection. They're asking for us to care. What are your thoughts? Do you lean more toward welfare reform or a rights-based approach? Let me know in the comments.
Principled and consistent. It avoids the moral contradiction of "kindly killing" or "humane exploitation."
RS-DAM is a computer program that was primarily designed to provide a computational tool to evaluate the transient response of a completely cracked concrete dam section subjected to seismic loads. RS-DAM is also used to support research and development on structural behavior and safety of concrete dams.
RS-DAM is based on rigid body dynamic equilibrium. It performs a transient rocking and/or sliding analysis of a cracked dam section subjected to either base accelerations or time varying forces. Several modelling options have been included to allow users to explore the influence of parameters (e.g. geometry, additional masses, variation of the uplift force upon rotation, hydrodynamic pressures in translation (Westergaard) and rotation, center of rotation moving with sliding, coefficient of restitution of impact, etc...). RS-DAM is developed in a university context and has no commercial aspect.
TADAM (Thermal Analysis of concrete DAMs) software employs a new frequency-domain solution technique to solve the 1D thermal transfer problem, allowing the calculation of temperature histories in a concrete dam section.
The direct solution calculates the evolution of the temperature distributions from the temperature histories of the upstream and downstream faces. The inverse solution uses temperature histories, measured inside the section, in order to calculate the temperature fields at the external faces, while taking into account the thermal wave attenuation effects and the phase angles along the section.
TADAM is developed in a university context and has no commercial aspect.
