Dam break threshold value and risk probability assessment for an earth dam

Natural Hazards

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 129-147

  Zhong, Denghua ^a   Sun, Yuefeng ^a,b   Li, Mingchao ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dam safety evaluation system; Earth dam break; Risk assessment standard; Risk probability; Threshold value

Indexed keywords

DAM FAILURE; EARTH DAM; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SLOPE STABILITY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THRESHOLD;

CHINA; HEBEI;

EID: 80052288030     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9743-6     Document Type: Article

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