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This book gives an up-to-date review on dam-break problems, along with the main theoretical background and the practical aspects involved in dam failures, design of flood defence structures, prevention measures and the environmental, social, economic, and forensic aspects related to the topic. Moreover, an exhaustive range of laboratory tests and modelling techniques is explored to deal effectively with shock waves and other disasters caused by dam failures. Disaster management refers to programs and strategies designed to prevent, mitigate, prepare for, respond to and recover from the effects of these phenomena. To manage and minimize these risks, it is necessary to identify hazards and vulnerability by means of a deep knowledge of the causes, which lead to dam failures, and to understand the flow propagation process. Knowledge and advanced scientific tools play a role of paramount importance in the strain of coping with flooding and other dam-break problems along with the capacity building in the context of political and administrative frameworks.All these aspects are featured in the book, which is a comprehensive treaty that covers the most theoretical and advanced aspects of structural and hydraulic engineering, together with the hazard assessment and mitigation measures and the social, economic and forensic aspects related to subject.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Dam failures Dam classification; Embankment dams; Concrete dams; Stability of rock foundations of dams Chapter 2: Laboratory experiments Introduction; Physical models; Depth measurements; Velocity measurements; Dam erosion and sediment transport Chapter 3: Dam-break wave routing Introduction: Clear-water wave routing; Debris-flow routing; Numerical models and solvers for dam-break shock waves; Sediment concentration of the mixtures; General remarks Chapter 4: Dam-break flood routing Introduction; Governing equations; Numerical treatment of dry bed; OpenMP parallelization; Testing RiverFLO-2D model; Conclusions Chapter 5: Dam-break flow against obstacles and through river bed singularities The presence of a natural lake; The presence of a downstream artificial lake; Presence of a sand bar at the mouth of the river; The problem of debris; Influence of ice; The presence of a downstream dam; Presence of a bridge on the river; Presence of an embankment with or without a culvert; The presence of an isolated obstacle or a high density of obstacles Chapter 6: Dam-break risk management and hazard mitigation Introduction; Dam-break risk assessment; Dam-break risk mitigation and response to hazard; Final remarks Chapter 7: Economic evaluation of dams for flood protection: an integrated safety approach Introduction; Ethical goals and constraints; Integrated management of catastrophic losses; Spatial adaptive Monte Carlo optimization; Case studies; Discounting and robust decisions; Risk communication, public perception and participation; Some guidelines and conclusions for policy evaluations Chapter 8: Case histories: a worldwide view Failures and incidents: general aspects


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781845643843
  • Publisher: WIT Press
  • Publisher Imprint: WIT Press
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1845643844
  • Publisher Date: 30 Sep 2009
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 361


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