Dam safety policy for spillway design floods

Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 163-169

  Dubler, James R ^a,b   Grigg, Neil S ^a,c  

^a ASCE ^*

^b Colorado Div of Water Resour ^*  (United States)

^c Engineering Research Center and Hydraulics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; FLOOD CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY; PUBLIC RISKS; SPILLWAYS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

DAM SAFETY POLICY; SPILLWAY DESIGN FLOODS;

DAMS;

EID: 0030270684     PISSN: 10523928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1052-3928(1996)122:4(163)     Document Type: Article

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