Dam Failure Mechanisms and Risk Assessment

• The first book that introduces the causes, processes and consequences of dam failures
• Integrates the physical processes of dam breaching and the mathematical aspects of risk assessment in a concise manner
• Emphasizes integrating theory and practice to better demonstrate the application of risk assessment and decision methodologies to real cases
• Intends to formulate dam-breaching emergency management steps in a scientific structure

Keywords:

Dam Failure Mechanisms, Risk Assessment, causes, processes and consequences of dam failures, decision methodologies, dam failure emergency management, common failure mechanisms: internal erosion, overtopping erosion, updated statistics of failures of large dams, landslide dams, dam-failure databases, International Commission on Large Dams, dam breaching parameters, breach geometry, peak flow rate, dam breaching flood routing, downstream river, human, property, environment elements, flooded zones, associated risks, assessed quantitatively, optimal decision making under uncertainty, risk mitigation

Dam Failure Mechanisms, Risk Assessment, causes, processes and consequences of dam failures, decision methodologies, dam failure emergency management, common failure mechanisms: internal erosion, overtopping erosion, updated statistics of failures of large dams, landslide dams, dam-failure databases, International Commission on Large Dams, dam breaching parameters, breach geometry, peak flow rate, dam breaching flood routing, downstream river, human, property, environment elements, flooded zones, associated risks, assessed quantitatively, optimal decision making under uncertainty, risk mitigation