Screen LibraryDam failure mechanisms and risk assessment /
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John Wiley & Sons,
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| Publisher Address: | Singapore ; Hoboken, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | 2016. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: |
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118558522 |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xix, 476 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781118558522 1118558529 9781118558539 1118558537 |
| Index Number: | TC550 |
| CLC: | TV698.2 |
| 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. |