Safety of Dams:

Flood and Earthquake Criteria

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Size: 294 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1985

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Committee on Safety Criteria for Dams, Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council
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From earth tectonics and meteorology to risk, responsibility, and the role of government, this comprehensive and detailed book reviews current practices in designing dams to withstand extreme hydrologic and seismic events. Recommendations for action and for further research to improve ...
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Front Matter	i-xviii
Executive Summary	1-4	(skim)
Introduction	5-7	(skim)
Extreme Floods and Earthquakes -- The Nature of the Problem	8-14	(skim)
Summary of Present Practices on Dam Safety Standards	15-34	(skim)
History of Development	35-43	(skim)
Design Flood Estimates: Methods and Critique	44-60	(skim)
Design Earthquake Estimates: Methods and Critique	61-73	(skim)
Considration of Risk in Dam Safety Evaluations	74-83	(skim)
Risk and the Calculus of Legal Liability in Dam Failures	84-96	(skim)
Proposed Hydrologic Criteria	97-105	(skim)
Proposed Earthquake Criteria	106-109	(skim)
Continuing Development of Hydrologic and Earthquake Engineering Technologies	110-114	(skim)
Appendix A: Design Criteria in Use for Dams Relative to Hazards of Extreme Floods	115-174	(skim)
Appendix B: Design Criteria in Use for Dams Relative to Earthquake Hazards	175-210	(skim)
Appendix C: Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) Estimates	211-226	(skim)
Appendix D: Concepts of Probability in Hydrology	227-240	(skim)
Appendix E: Risk Analysis Approach to Dam Safety Evaluations	241-254	(skim)
Appendix F: Glossary	255-258	(skim)
Appendix G: References and Bibliography	259-263	(skim)
Appendix H: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members	264-268	(skim)
Index	269-276	(skim)

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From earth tectonics and meteorology to risk, responsibility, and the role of government, this comprehensive and detailed book reviews current practices in designing dams to withstand extreme hydrologic and seismic events. Recommendations for action and for further research to improve dam safety evaluations are presented.

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Flood and Earthquake Criteria

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