Forensic analyses and hindcasting of the Breitenhagen levee failure

Abstract (2017)

Authors

J.J. Kool Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG
W. Kanning Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG
C. Jommi Geo-engineering - CEG
Sebastiaan N. Jonkman Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - CEG
Research Group
Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk (CEG) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2017 J.J. Kool, W. Kanning, C. Jommi, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman
Flood defences Forensic analyses Statistical analyses
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Published Date

2017

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Research Group

Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk

Abstract

The hindcasting of levee failures can provide valuable information about levee strength, strength models and dominant factors that contribute to failure. It is however not always clear how and why a levee failed as evidence (such as detail subsoil composition) is not present anymore.