Dam failure mechanisms and risk assessment

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Zhang, L. M. (Author), Peng, Ming, 1981- (Author), Chang, Dongsheng, 1983- (Author), Xu, Yao, 1982- (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Singapore ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
Subjects
Dam failures.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781118558522
1118558529
9781118558539
1118558537
9781523114696
152311469X
1118558545
9781118558546
9781118558515
1118558510
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Dams and their components
  • Statistical analysis of failures of constructed embankment dams
  • Statistical analysis of failures of landslide dams
  • Statistical analysis of failures of concrete dams
  • Statistical analysis of failures of dikes
  • Internal erosion in dams and their foundations
  • Mechanics of overtopping erosion of dams
  • Dam breach modeling
  • Analysis of dam-breaching flood routing
  • Analysis of probability of failure of dams
  • Vulnerability to dam-breaching floods
  • Dam failure risk assessment
  • Dam failure contingency risk management
  • Case study : risk-based decision making for the tangjiashan landslide dam failure.

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