Structural damage prediction in a high-velocity urban dam-break flood: Field-scale assessment of predictive skill

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1249-1262

  Gallegos, Humberto A ^a   Schubert, Jochen E ^b   Sanders, Brett F ^b  

^a East Los Angeles College   (United States)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

Dam break flood; LiDAR; Predictive skill; Structural damage; Uncertainty; Urban flooding

Indexed keywords

DAM-BREAKS; PREDICTIVE SKILL; STRUCTURAL DAMAGES; UNCERTAINTY; URBAN FLOODING;

ALARM SYSTEMS; ERRORS; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FLOOD CONTROL; FORECASTING; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; OPTICAL RADAR; SAFETY ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY; VELOCITY;

FLOODS;

DAM; DAMAGE MECHANICS; DISCHARGE; FLOOD; FLOW VELOCITY; HYDRAULICS; LIDAR; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84877663241     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000427     Document Type: Article

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