Risk and Reliability: Coastal and Hydraulic Engineering
โ Scribed by Dominic Reeve (Author)
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Year
- 2009
- Leaves
- 324
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Synopsis
Risk and Reliability: Coastal and Hydraulic Engineering sets out the methods which are increasingly being required by Government Agencies for river and sea defence design and flood defence system management. And it shows how to describe uncertainty in the performance of flood and erosion defences.It introduces the key statistical concepts required
โฆ Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Introduction to Probability 3. Elements of Probability and Stochastic Processes 4. Extremes 5. Uncertainty and Reliability Analysis 6. Applications 7. Reliability of Systems Epilogue References. Appendix A: Statistical tables. Appendix B: Flow Chart for Choice of Method
โฆ Subjects
Engineering & Technology;Civil, Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering;Hydraulic Engineering
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