Levee reliability analyses for various flood return periods – a case study in southern Taiwan

In recent years, heavy rainfall conditions have caused disasters around the world. To prevent losses by floods, levees have often been constructed in inundation-prone areas. This study performed reliability analyses for the Chiuliao First Levee in southern Taiwan. The failure-related parameters were...

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Main Authors: W.-C. Huang, H.-W. Yu, M.-C. Weng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2015-04-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/15/919/2015/nhess-15-919-2015.pdf