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OverviewThe book provides a comprehensive treatment of earth-dam breaching and its modeling. The material contained in the book can be readily used for planning and designing dam-disaster relief work. The data and the technical matter contained in the book are not available under one cover anywhere else. The book is timely in that it is being completed in the United Nations Decade for Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Audience: Practitioners, managers, academians, researchers, as well as graduate students in hydrology, water resources management, natural hazards research and environmental management. Full Product DetailsAuthor: V.P. SinghPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1996 Volume: 17 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.454kg ISBN: 9789048146680ISBN 10: 9048146682 Pages: 244 Publication Date: 05 December 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Dam Breaching.- 3. Hydraulics of Dam Breaching.- 4. Major Recorded Dam Breaches in the World.- 5. Empirical Models: Dimensional Analytical Solutions.- 6. Empirical Models: Dimensionless Analytical Solutions.- 7. Mathematical Models of Dam Breaching.- 8. Comparative Evaluation of Dam-Breach Models.- References.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |