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Record Nr.

UNINA9910828291103321

Autore

Zhang L. M (Limin)

Titolo

Dam failure mechanisms and risk assessment / / Limin Zhang [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Wiley, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-118-55854-5

1-5231-1469-X

1-118-55853-7

1-118-55852-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (499 p.)

Collana

THEi Wiley ebooks

Disciplina

627/.8

Soggetti

Dam failures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.