Application of reliability-based flood defence design in the UK

Heron

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-50

  Buijs, F A ^a   Van Gelder, H A J M ^b   Hall, J W ^c  

^a HR WALLINGFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Failure modes; Flood defence system; PC Ring; Probability of failure; Weakest links

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; PLANNING; PROBABILITY; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FAILURE MODES; FLOOD DEFENSE SYSTEM; PC-RING; PROBABILITY OF FAILURE; WEAKEST LINKS;

FLOODS;

EID: 9744252318     PISSN: 00467316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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