Risk and uncertainty in dam safety

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Through the presentation of a systematic and integrated process, this volume helps the dam owner to evaluate the needs for dam safety improvement, select and prioritise remedial and corrective actions, and improve maintenance, operating and surveillance procedures.

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Full title :Risk and uncertainty in dam safety / Desmond N.D. Hartford, Gregory B. Baecher.

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Publication Date:2004.

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Publisher(s):Thomas Telford
Place of Publication:London
Language:eng
Publication Date:2004.

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Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 391 pages) : : illustrations

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ISBN:9780727740397, 0727740393
oclc:ocn696145136
LC Classification:TC550
Dewey Decimal:627.81

1. Dam risk principles -- 2. Guiding principles for risk analysis -- 3. Risk in decision-making -- 4. Reliability analysis -- 5. Consequence analysis -- 6. Probability assignment -- 7. Essential elements of probability theory -- 8. Event tree analysis -- 9. Fault tree analysis -- 10. Consequence assessment -- 11. Methods for probability assignment -- References -- Glossary -- Index.