Reliability analysis of hydraulic structures considering unit hydrograph uncertainty

Stochastic Hydrology and Hydraulics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-50

  Zhao, B ^a   Tung, Y K ^b   Yeh, K C ^c   Yang, J C ^c  

^a Engineering Division   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Linearly constrained Monte Carlo simulation; Reliability analysis; Uncertainty analysis; Unit hydrograph

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644845079     PISSN: 09311955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02428424     Document Type: Article

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