Engineering Reliability And Risk In Water Resources

Author : L. Duckstein,Erich J. Plate
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 586 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789400935778

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Engineering Reliability and Risk in Water Resources by L. Duckstein,Erich J. Plate Pdf

Hydraulic, hydrologic and water resources engineers have been concerned for a long time about failure phenomena. One of the major concerns is the definition of a failure event E, of its probability of occurrence PtE), and of the complementary notion of reliability. However, as the stochastic aspects of hydraulics and water resources engineering were developed, words such as "failure," "reliability," and "risk" took on different meanings for different specialists. For example, "risk" is defined in a Bayesian framework as the expected loss resulting from a precisely defined failure event, while according to the practice of stochastic hydraulics it is the probability of occurrence of a failure event. The need to standardize the various concepts and operational definitions generated numerous exciting discussions between the co-editors of this book during 1983-84 when L. Duckstein, under sponsorship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (FRG), was working with E. Plate at the Institute of Hydrology and Water Resources of the University of Karlsruhe. After consulting with the Scientific Affairs Division of NATO, an organizing committee was formed. This comittee - J. Bernier (France), M. Benedini (Italy), S. Sorooshian (U. S. A. ), and co-directors L. Duckstein (U. S. A. ) and E. J. Plate (F. R. G. ) -- brought into being this NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI). Precisely stated, the purpose of this ASI was to present a tutorial overview of existing work in the broad area of reliability while also pointing out topics for further development.

Author : Jacques Ganoulis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642769719

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Water Resources Engineering Risk Assessment by Jacques Ganoulis Pdf

Although many theoretical developments have been achieved in recent years, the progress both in understanding and application of risk and reliability analysis in water resources and environmental engineering remains slow. One of the reasons seems to be the lack of training of engineers with phenomena of statistical nature, including optimum cost and benefit decisions under uncertainty. This book presents, in a unified and comprehensive framework, the various aspects of risk and reliability in bothwater quantity and quality problems. The topics covered include uncertainty analysis of water quantity and quality data, stochastic simulation of hydrosystems, decision theory under uncertaintyand case studies. Methods for risk analysis of extremes in hydrology, groundwater clean-up, river and coastal pollution as well as total risk management are presented.

Author : Janos J. Bogardi,Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2002-01-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781139432245

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Risk, Reliability, Uncertainty, and Robustness of Water Resource Systems by Janos J. Bogardi,Zbigniew W. Kundzewicz Pdf

35 leading multi-disciplinary scientists with international reputations provide reviews of topical areas of research on uncertainty and reliability related aspects of water resource systems. The volume will be valuable for graduate students, scientists, consultants, administrators, and practising hydrologists and water managers.

Author : Bruce R. Ellingwood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Hydraulic structures
ISBN : OCLC:33115701

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Engineering Reliability and Risk Analysis for Water Resources Investments by Bruce R. Ellingwood Pdf

Author : Hubert H.G. Savenije,Arjen Y. Hoekstra
Publisher : EOLSS Publications
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781848262249

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Water Resources Management - Volume II by Hubert H.G. Savenije,Arjen Y. Hoekstra Pdf

Water Resources Management is a component of Encyclopedia of Water Sciences, Engineering and Technology Resources in the global Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS), which is an integrated compendium of twenty one Encyclopedias. This 2-volume set contains several chapters, each of size 5000-30000 words, with perspectives, applications and extensive illustrations. It carries state-of-the-art knowledge in the fields of Water Resources Management and presents an integrated water resources management, water and sustainable development, water scarcity, and the more technical aspects of water resources planning. Important issues related to international rivers, the economics of water, and the legal and institutional aspects of water are addressed. And new approaches to water conservation, non-waterborne sanitation, and economic valuation are presented. These two volumes are aimed at the following five major target audiences: University and College Students Educators, Professional Practitioners, Research Personnel and Policy Analysts, Managers, and Decision Makers, NGOs and GOs.

Author : R.N. Chowdhury
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781351445436

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Geomechanics and Water Engineering in Environmental Management by R.N. Chowdhury Pdf

Divided into four parts, this work presents integrated studies and regional and case studies, and covers environmental constraints and effects, and the behaviour of earth masses.

Author : Jacques Ganoulis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-07-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783527615742

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Engineering Risk Analysis of Water Pollution by Jacques Ganoulis Pdf

Question: How can I best evaluate the environmental impact and find the risk of water pollution from wastewater disposal? Answer: This book shows you the way! In a unique and comprehensive manner, questions of risk and reliability in water quality are analyzed. And more than that: The author also develops a methodology to evaluate the environmental impact of wastewater disposal on rivers, groundwater and coastal areas. Major topics covered include: fuzzy set theory for engineering risk analysis/ uncertainty analysis of water quantity and quality data/ stochastic and fuzzy simulation of hydrosystems: model selection under uncertainty, water quality control and management in rivers and aquifers, risk in coastal pollution/ decision theory under uncertainty: groundwater pollution, risk management, risk-cost trade-offs In addition, numerous case studies deepen the reader's understanding of the methods and techniques presented. Jacques Ganoulis from the University of Thessaloniki has written extensively on groundwater hydraulics, surface hydrology and coastal water quality.

Author : Larry W. Mays,Yeou-Koung Tung
Publisher : Water Resources Publication
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1887201327

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Hydrosystems Engineering and Management by Larry W. Mays,Yeou-Koung Tung Pdf

This book is intended to be a textbook for students of water resources engineering and management. It is an introduction to methods used in hydrosystems for upper level undergraduate and graduate students. The material can be presented to students with no background in operations research and with only an undergraduate background in hydrology and hydraulics. A major focus is to bring together the use of economics, operations research, probability and statistics with the use of hydrology, hydraulics, and water resources for the analysis, design, operation, and management of various types of water projects. This book is an excellent reference for engineers, water resource planners, water resource systems analysts, and water managers. This book is concerned with the mathematical modeling of problems in water project design, analysis, operation, and management. The quantitative methods include: (a) the simulation of various hydrologic and hydraulic processes; (b) the use of operations research, probability and statistics, and economics. Rarely have these methods been integrated in a systematic framework in a single book like Hydrosystems Engineering and Management. An extensive number of example problems are presented for ease in understanding the material. In addition, a large number of end-of-chapter problems are provided for use in homework assignments.

Author : Thendiyath Roshni,Pijush Samui,Dieu Tien Bui,Dookie Kim,Rahman Khatibi
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780323856997

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Risk, Reliability and Sustainable Remediation in the Field of Civil and Environmental Engineering by Thendiyath Roshni,Pijush Samui,Dieu Tien Bui,Dookie Kim,Rahman Khatibi Pdf

Risk, Reliability and Sustainable Remediation in the Field of Civil and Environmental Engineering illustrates the concepts of risk, reliability analysis, its estimation, and the decisions leading to sustainable development in the field of civil and environmental engineering. The book provides key ideas on risks in performance failure and structural failures of all processes involved in civil and environmental systems, evaluates reliability, and discusses the implications of measurable indicators of sustainability in important aspects of multitude of civil engineering projects. It will help practitioners become familiar with tolerances in design parameters, uncertainties in the environment, and applications in civil and environmental systems. Furthermore, the book emphasizes the importance of risks involved in design and planning stages and covers reliability techniques to discover and remove the potential failures to achieve a sustainable development. Contains relevant theory and practice related to risk, reliability and sustainability in the field of civil and environment engineering Gives firsthand experience of new tools to integrate existing artificial intelligence models with large information obtained from different sources Provides engineering solutions that have a positive impact on sustainability

Author : Larry W. Mays
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 919 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2010-06-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470460641

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Water Resources Engineering by Larry W. Mays Pdf

Environmental engineers continue to rely on the leading resource in the field on the principles and practice of water resources engineering. The second edition now provides them with the most up-to-date information along with a remarkable range and depth of coverage. Two new chapters have been added that explore water resources sustainability and water resources management for sustainability. New and updated graphics have also been integrated throughout the chapters to reinforce important concepts. Additional end-of-chapter questions have been added as well to build understanding. Environmental engineers will refer to this text throughout their careers.

Author : Ben Chie Yen,Yeou-Koung Tung
Publisher : ASCE Publications
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 078447592X

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Reliability and Uncertainty Analyses in Hydraulic Design by Ben Chie Yen,Yeou-Koung Tung Pdf

Prepared by the Subcommittee on Uncertainty and Reliability Analyses in Design of Hydraulic Structures of the Technical Committee on Probabilistic Approaches to Hydraulics of ASCE. This report contains 13 papers presenting the application of reliability analysis to the design and safety of hydraulic structures. Several recent major failures of engineering systems have raised public concern on the safety and reliability of engineering struct.ures. Decades ago, a quantitative evaluation of the reliability of structures was not possible and engineers used safety factors that were determined mainly through experience and judgement. Recent advances in probability methods and computers make it feasible to evaluate the contributions of various technologic and natural factors to the safety and reliability of structures.ØThe first four papers in this report discuss techniques pertinent to reliability and uncertainty analyses. The next nine papers explore how these techniques can be applied to dam safety, coastal floods, and hydraulic structures. The report concludes with a reprint of an article by Vrijling on the Eastern Scheldt Storm Surge Barrier of the Delta Project in the Netherlands and the use of reliability analysis for sewer design.

Author : Yacov Y. Haimes,David A. Moser,Eugene Z. Stakhiv
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Risk assessment
ISBN : UOM:39015054258333

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Risk-based Decisionmaking in Water Resources IX by Yacov Y. Haimes,David A. Moser,Eugene Z. Stakhiv Pdf

Author : Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309588393

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Flood Risk Management and the American River Basin by Committee on Flood Control Alternatives in the American River Basin,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council Pdf

This book reviews the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) investigations of flood control options for the American River basin and evaluates flood control feasibility studies for the watershed, with attention to the contingency assumptions, hydrologic methods, and other analyses supporting the flood control options. This book provides detailed comments on many technical issues, including a careful review of the 1991 National Research Council report American River Watershed Investigation, and looks beyond the Sacramento case to broader questions about the nation's approach to flood risk management. It discusses how to utilize information available about flood hazard reduction alternatives for the American River basin, the potential benefits provided by various alternatives, the impacts of alternatives on environmental resources and ecosystems, and the trade-offs inherent in any choice among alternatives which does not lie in the realm of scientists and engineers, but in the arena of public decisionmaking.

Author : V.P. Singh
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400939554

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Application of Frequency and Risk in Water Resources by V.P. Singh Pdf

Floods constitute a persistent and serious problem throughout the United States and many other parts of the world. They are responsible for losses amounting to billions of dollars and scores of deaths annually. Virtually all parts of the nation--coastal, moun tainous and rural--are affected by them. Two aspects of the problem of flooding that have long been topics of scientific inquiry are flood frequency and risk analyses. Many new, even improved, tech niques have recently been developed for performing these analyses. Nevertheless, actual experience points out that the frequency of say a IOO-year flood, in lieu of being encountered on the average once in one hundred years, may be as little as once in 25 years. It is therefore appropriate to pause and ask where we are, where we are going and where we ought to be going with regard to the technology of flood frequency and risk analyses. One way to address these ques tions is to provide a forum where people from all quarters of the world can assemble, discuss and share their experience and expertise pertaining to flood frequency and risk analyses. This is what con stituted the motivation for organizing the International Symposium on Flood Frequency and Risk Analyses held May 14-17, 1986, at Louisiana State Universj. ty, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Author : Yacov Y. Haimes,David A. Moser,Eugene Z. Stakhiv,Grace Zisk,Burton Zisk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Risk assessment
ISBN : 0784405778

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Risk-Based Decisionmaking in Water Resources IX by Yacov Y. Haimes,David A. Moser,Eugene Z. Stakhiv,Grace Zisk,Burton Zisk Pdf

Proceedings of the Ninth United Engineering Foundation Conference, held in Santa Barbara, California, October 15-20, 2000. Sponsored by United Engineering Foundation. Cosponsored by Universities Council on Water Resources; Task Committee on Risk Analysis and Management of the Committee on Water Resources Planning of the Water Resources Planning and Management Division of ASCE; National Science Foundation; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Institute for Water Resources. This collection contains 18 papers on the rapidly growing field of risk-based decisionmaking in water resources. Topics include: new theoretical and methodological frontiers and the economic dimensions of risk analysis, legislative initiatives and risk assessment, maintenance and rehabilitation, reliability of physical infrastructure, flood frequency and climate nonstationarity, and risk of extreme events.