A flood failure flowchart for buildings

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Municipal Engineer

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 207-214

  Kelman, Ilan ^a   Spence, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disaster engineering; Floods and floodworks; Safety and hazards

Indexed keywords

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOWCHARTING; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STANDARDS; VELOCITY; WATER WAVES;

DEPTH DIFFERENTIALS; FLOOD-INDUCED PRESSURES;

HOUSING;

BUILDING; ENGINEERING; FLOOD DAMAGE; HAZARD MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0348147335     PISSN: 09650903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/muen.2003.156.3.207     Document Type: Article

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