Safety of Dams: Flood and Earthquake Criteria

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Safety of Dams: Flood and Earthquake Criteria (1985)
Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS)

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Front Matter (R1-R18)

Executive Summary (1-4)

Introduction (5-7)

Extreme Floods and Earthquakes -- The Nature of the Problem (8-14)

Summary of Present Practices on Dam Safety Standards (15-34)

History of Development (35-43)

Design Flood Estimates: Methods and Critique (44-60)

Design Earthquake Estimates: Methods and Critique (61-73)

Considration of Risk in Dam Safety Evaluations (74-83)

Risk and the Calculus of Legal Liability in Dam Failures (84-96)

Proposed Hydrologic Criteria (97-105)

Proposed Earthquake Criteria (106-109)

Continuing Development of Hydrologic and Earthquake Engineering Technologies (110-114)

Appendix A: Design Criteria in Use for Dams Relative to Hazards of Extreme Floods (115-174)

Appendix B: Design Criteria in Use for Dams Relative to Earthquake Hazards (175-210)

Appendix C: Probable Maximum Precipitation (PMP) Estimates (211-226)

Appendix D: Concepts of Probability in Hydrology (227-240)

Appendix E: Risk Analysis Approach to Dam Safety Evaluations (241-254)

Appendix F: Glossary (255-258)

Appendix G: References and Bibliography (259-263)

Appendix H: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (264-268)

Index (269-276)