Risk analysis of dams

• Unité de recherche: OFEV (BWG)
• Numéro de projet: sta022-1997
• Titre du projet anglais: Risk analysis of dams

Mots-clé (Anglais)

Dams
Risk analysis
Safety
Overtopping

Description succincte (Anglais)

The objective of the work is to relate the mostly deterministic safety concepts that prevail in current dam engineering in Switzerland to risk assessment. The aspect of uncontrolled overtopping is introduced to illustrate the practical potentials of risk analyses.

Objectifs du projet (Anglais)

Assessment of the applicability of risk analyses methodology to dam engineering.

Résumé des résultats (Abstract) (Anglais)

Mise en oeuvre et application (Anglais)

Publications / Résultats (Anglais)

- Probabilistic assessment of current requirements on uncontrolled overtopping of dams during floods, G.R. Darbre, Federal Office for Water Management, Dam Safety, P.O.Box 957, CH-2501 Bienne, Nov. 1998