Dam Failure Mechanisms and Risk Assessment by Limin Zhang, Ming Peng, Dongsheng Chang & Yao Xu

Dam Failure Mechanisms and Risk Assessment

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  • Genre Civil Engineering
  • Publisher John Wiley & Sons
  • Released
  • Length 496 Pages

Description

This book integrates the physical processes of dam breaching and the mathematical aspects of risk assessment in a concise manner

• The first book that introduces the causes, processes and consequences of dam failures
• Integrates the physical processes of dam breaching and the mathematical aspects of risk assessment in a concise manner
• Emphasizes integrating theory and practice to better demonstrate the application of risk assessment and decision methodologies to real cases
• Intends to formulate dam-breaching emergency management steps in a scientific structure

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