Peak outflow from breached embankment dam

Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 90-97

  Froehlich, David C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FLOW MEASUREMENT; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY FACTOR;

BREACHED EMBANKMENT DAM; PEAK OUTFLOWS;

EMBANKMENT DAMS;

DAMS-EMBANKMENT; FAILURE;

EID: 0028993429     PISSN: 07339496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(1995)121:1(90)     Document Type: Article

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