Risk-Cost Principles for Dam Safety Analysis

by David A. Moser, US Army Corps of Engineers, United States,
Eugene Z. Stakhiv, US Army Corps of Engineers, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Hydraulic Engineering

Abstract:

The purpose of this paper is to present the principles and issues of risk-cost analysis as they have evolved in the evaluation of dam safety improvements. The paper also reviews some results of the Corps' dam safety research program in applying risk-cost analysis.

Subject Headings: Risk management | Dam failures | Dam safety | Wave overtopping | Hydrology | Floods | Failure analysis

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