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... , 22, 26, 164, 207 Alaska, 19, 25, 134,190 Alaska earthquake of 1964, 41 Ladd Airforce Base incident and liability, 87 American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) design criteria, 159-160 spillway capacity design, 21,38-39 Antecedent conditions, 48-50 Applied Technology Council (1978J, 70 269 Arch dams, 205 Arizona, 19, 25,52, 134-136, 158-159, 202-203 Arkansas, 17, 20,126 Attenuation relations, 65 B Baldwin Processing Co.
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From page 270...
... See also Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power; Concrete dams East Bay Municipal Utility District. Crystal Springs Dam, 40 dam safety standards, 100 earthquake design criteria, 191 earthquake hazard evaluation, 25 faults, 61-62, 64 hydrologic and earthquake safety criteria, 137-138 Liability, 94 probabilistic safety approach, 51 pseudostatic analysts, 41 San Andreas fault, 40 San Fernando earthquake of 1971, 41 San Francisco earthquake of 1906, 40 spillway capacity design, 20, 137 Van Norman dams, 41 California Department of Water Resources, 41 California Division of Safety of Dams, 17 Capable fault, 189-190 Central Maine Power Company (Augusta)
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From page 271...
... , 120-121, 180 earthquake hazard evaluation, 25 existing dams, 120-121 maximum earthquake, 32 risk management, 82-83 spillway capacity design, l9, 120-121 Federal government Executive Order 12291, 78 liability and torts, 84-89 proposals, impact of, 104 risk management, 3, 77-83 Federal Guidelines for Dam Safety, 118 Federal Torts Claims Act, 84-86 Flood control, 50 Flood Control Act, 86 Flood frequency analysis, 3~37, 228-231,234-244 Flood magnitude analysis, 2-3 Flood prediction, 12-13 Flood risk, 230-234 Flood rousing, 58 Florida, strict liability, 94-95 Florida East Coast By.
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From page 272...
... dam classification, 17, 170-174 dam safety standards, 100 design criteria, 168-174 flood frequency, 18, 51 reservoir flood and wave standards, 170-171 spillway capacity design, 22,37 Interagency Committee on Dam Safety (ICODS) earthquake design criteria, 181-184 earthquake hazard evaluation, 25 inflow design flood selection, 123-124 maximum credible earthquake, 31 maximum design earthquake, 31-32 risk-cost analysts, 53 spillway capacity design, l9 Interagency Committee on Large Dams (ICOLD)
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From page 273...
... ,46 Maximum possible spillway design floods, 37 McClaskey v. United States, 86-87 273 NewJersey, 20, 26,146,196 Newm ark analysis, 205 New Mexico, 20, 26,92, 146-147, 196-197 New-oldriskstandard, 80-81, 98, 147 New York, 20, 26, 147-149,197 New York Power Authority, 26, 201-202 Nonfederal dam owners, impact of proposals, 104-105 North Carolina, 20, 26,52, 54-55, 149-150,197 North Carolina Dam Safety Program, 54-55 North Dakota, 17, 20, 150, 197 Nuclear power plants, 132-134 Mercalli intensity scale, 28-30 Nuclear reactor facilities, risk analysis Meteorological estimation, 49 for, 63 Meyers rating, 36 Miami Conservancy District (Ohio)
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From page 274...
... See also Probable maximum precipitation. estimation, 46, 227-228 reporting, 35-36 Rare floods, frequency analysis for, 234-240 Reasonablecare,13 Reservoir flood and wave standards, 170-171 Index Reservoir-induced earthquakes, 71, 73, 179,208 Reservoir operations, 49-51 Reservoir routing, 50-51 Response spectrum, 71-72, 209 Retrofitting of dams, 79-83, 246 Richter scale, 29-31,65 Risk-cost analysis, 52-59, 101, 104-105, 241-254 advantages and limitations of, 57-59, 252-254 damage estimation, 236-240, 247-251 economic analysts, 52 flood frequency curves, 241-244 human life cost estimates, 52, 55, 57-58, 244-252 illustrated example, 246-249 Risk management, 74-83 Risks, 11-14, 87-89 Roosevelt Dam, 159, 202 Rylands v.
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From page 275...
... Ry. Co., 91 South Carolina, 21,52, 153-154, 159, 198 South Carolina Public Service Authority, 21, 26 South Dakota, 21, 153 Sovereign immunity, 84-87 Spillway capacity design, 17-23, 3~39, 44, 55-57,91-92, 103-104, 136-137, 145-146 deterministic approach, 18,44-51 probabilistic approach, 18, 51-52 retrofitting, 246-247 risk-cost analysis, 38-39, 52-53, 102-103 unsafe dams, 57, 79-80,82-83 Spillway design flood (SDF)
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... v. United States, 87 Van Norman dams, 41 Vegetation, 49 Verde River, 158-159 Vermont, unconditional probability approach, 167-168 Villarreal v.
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Key Terms

  • spillway capacity
  • capacity design
  • earthquake hazard
  • dam safety
  • hazard evaluation

  • earthquake design
  • probable maximum
  • design flood
  • design earthquake
  • flood control

  • safety evaluation
  • interagency committee
  • design approach
  • maximum credible
  • spillway design

  • flood frequency
  • basis earthquake
  • dams designed
  • strict liability
  • maximum design

  • earthquake criteria
  • power company
  • seismic stability
  • ground motion
  • design basis

  • control project
  • san andreas
  • executive order
  • frequency analysis
  • existing dams


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