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A proposal for a reliability rating system for fluvial flood defence embankments in the United Kingdom
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Redaelli, M., Utili, Stefano and Dyer, M. (Mark) (2008) A proposal for a reliability rating system for fluvial flood defence embankments in the United Kingdom. In: 10th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes, Xi'an, China, Jun 30 - Jul 4, 2008. Published in: Landslides and Engineered Slopes: From the Past to the Future - Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes, Vol.1-2 pp. 1965-1970. doi:10.1201/9780203885284-c273 ISSN ISBN: 978-0-415-41196-7.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9780203885284-c273
Abstract
A reliability rating system for river embankments is illustrated. The system is based on a new index, called Index of Inadequate Performance, which reflects the results of a simplified and approximated reliability analysis. The approach allows decision makers to quantify the expected performance of each stretch in an inventory of embankments and rank them according to an indicative measure of the likelihood of failure under extreme hydraulic conditions. Giving a measure of the influence of the basic characteristics of embankments on their performance, the system can also quantify the effect of not knowing some of these basic characteristics. Decision maker are thus provided with a tool which enables them to estimate the impact of this ignorance, or basic epistemic uncertainty, on the reliability assessment. The rating system also indicates which information should be collected in order to effectively reduce this type of uncertainty.
Item Type: | Conference Item (Paper) | ||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) T Technology > TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > Engineering | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Landslides and Engineered Slopes: From the Past to the Future - Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes | ||||
Publisher: | CRC Press | ||||
ISSN: | ISBN: 978-0-415-41196-7 | ||||
Book Title: | Landslides and Engineered Slopes. From the Past to the Future | ||||
Official Date: | 2008 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.1-2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 1965-1970 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1201/9780203885284-c273 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper | ||||
Title of Event: | 10th International Symposium on Landslides and Engineered Slopes | ||||
Type of Event: | Other | ||||
Location of Event: | Xi'an, China | ||||
Date(s) of Event: | Jun 30 - Jul 4, 2008 |
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