Dam failure mechanisms and risk assessment /
Zhang, L. M.
Dam failure mechanisms and risk assessment / Limin Zhang, Ming Peng, Dongsheng Chang, Yao Xu. - xvii, 476 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781118558515 (cloth)
2016010573
Dam failures.
TC 550.2 / Z43 2016
Dam failure mechanisms and risk assessment / Limin Zhang, Ming Peng, Dongsheng Chang, Yao Xu. - xvii, 476 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781118558515 (cloth)
2016010573
Dam failures.
TC 550.2 / Z43 2016