Time-dependent reliability analysis of flood defences

The aim of this thesis is to investigate how the time-dependent behaviour of flood defence properties can be appropriately characterised and incorporated in a reliabilitybased approach. Such an approach is required in a maintenance optimisation framework for flood defence management. The first objec...

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Main Author: Buijs, Foekje Akke
Published: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 2008
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.489304