Reclamation’s Empirical Method for Estimating Life Loss Due to Dam Failure

The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) estimates life loss resulting from dam failure in support of dam safety risk analysis. To estimate life loss, Reclamation relies primarily on an empirical methodology which is tied to the interpretation of case histories of dam failures and other types of floo...

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Main Authors: Feinberg Bruce, Engemoen William, Fiedler William, Osmun Dan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2016-01-01
Series:E3S Web of Conferences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20160706002