Spillway design floods and dam safety

International Journal on Hydropower and Dams

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 120-121

  Fahlbusch, Friedrich E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENGINEERS; FLOOD CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR; SPILLWAYS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

ECONOMIC RISK ANALYSIS (ERA); PROBABLE MAXIMUM FLOOD (PMF);

DAMS;

EID: 0032682780     PISSN: 13522523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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