Floods and Reservoir Safety

2. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-7277-6006-7
Verlag: Emerald Publishing Limited

Buch, Englisch, 80 Seiten, Format (B × H): 206 mm x 290 mm, Gewicht: 227 g

Floods and Reservoir Safety, 4th edition provides authoritative guidance on flood protection standards, flood magnitude and freeboard - guidance which is essential for engineers who are responsible for the design and inspection of reservoirs.

The fourth edition has been completely revised and updated by the Working Party on Floods and Reservoirs Safety. This new edition takes into account the best current research and reflects the experience of engineers in this field. It provides authoritative guidance on flood protection standards, flood magnitude and freeboard - guidance which is essential for engineers who are responsible for the design and inspection of reservoirs.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mason, P.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Hochwasserschutz (Bauingenieurwesen)
• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Dämme, Wasserspeicher und Talsperren (Bauingenieurwesen)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Floods and waves protection standards
Derivation of reservoir design flood inflow
Reservoir flood routing
Wave surcharge and darn freeboard
Floods during dam construction and dam improvement works
The overtopping of embankment dams