商品簡介
De Wrachien and Mambretti (both of the State U. of Milan, Italy) present an up-to-date review of dam-break issues, along with the main theoretical background and practical aspects involved in dam failures; design of flood defense structures; prevention measures; and environmental, social, economic, and forensic aspects of dam failures. They include a wide range of laboratory tests and modeling techniques for dealing with shock waves and other disasters caused by dam failures. Chapters discuss dam failure, laboratory experiments, dam-break wave routing, dam-break flood routing, dam-break flow against obstacles and through river bed singularities, dam break risk management and hazard mitigation, economic evaluation of dams for flood protection, and case histories from around the world. Also available as an e-book under ISBN 978-1-84564-384-3. The US office of WIT Press is Computational Mechanics. Annotation c2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
