Levee failure mechanisms during the extreme rainfall event: A case study in Southern Taiwan

Natural Hazards

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1287-1307

  Huang, Wen Chao ^a   Weng, Meng Chia ^b   Chen, Ray Kuo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KAOHSIUNG   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Breach; Extreme weather; Levee; Typhoon

Indexed keywords

EXTREME EVENT; FAILURE MECHANISM; HYDROSTATICS; LEVEE; RAINFALL; SEEPAGE; SLOPE STABILITY; TYPHOON; WATER LEVEL; WEATHER;

LAONONG RIVER; TAIWAN;

EID: 84891120073     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-013-0874-9     Document Type: Article

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