1st Edition

Stochastic Hydraulics 2000

Edited By Z.Y. Wang, Shi-Xiong Hu Copyright 2000
    916 Pages
    by CRC Press

    The applications of stochastic methods in design by reliability include the better utilisation of hydrological information. With statistical methods one can evaluate the safety component of hydraulic systems. Based on these, extra safety features can be added to ensure the reliable performance of an hydraulic system. One such example is the design of a dam, which features a number of random variables, each with a very distinct and quite different probability function. This book reports on developments in stochastic hydraulics across a wide range of applications, including river hydraulics, sediment transportation, waves and coastal processes, hydrology, hydraulic works and structure, and environmental hydraulics.

    Keynote Lectures; Turbulence, Sediment Transport; Water Resources Management; Risk Analysis of Hydraulic Structures; Stochastic Hydrology; Flood Estimation and Control; Environmental Hydralics and Global Climate Modelling; Wave and Coastal Processes; Probabilistic Control of Reservoir Management; Stochastic Modelling; Misc.

    Biography

    Zhao-Yin Wang Dept of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghau University & International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation, Beijing, China. Shi-Xiong Hu International Research and Training Centre on Erosion and Sedimentation, Beijing, China.