Risk analysis for dam overtopping - Feitsui reservoir as a case study

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 955-963

  Kuo, Jan Tai ^a   Yen, Ben Chei ^b   Hsu, Yung Chai ^a   Lin, Huei Fen ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case reports; Reservoirs; Risk management; Statistics; Uncertainty principles

Indexed keywords

DAM OVERTOPPING; HAAR'S POINT ESTIMATION METHOD (HPEM); UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

DAMS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WATER LEVELS;

DAM FAILURE; FLOOD ROUTING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; OVERTOPPING; PEAK DISCHARGE; RESERVOIR FLOODING; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FEITSUI RESERVOIR; TAIWAN;

EID: 34547138953     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:8(955)     Document Type: Article

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