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Flood Control Structures

Flood Control Structures is a type of hydraulic infrastructure designed specifically to regulate, divert, store, or convey floodwaters in order to mitigate the risk of flooding to human settlements, property, and ecosystems.

96

Publications

3.6K

Citations

280

Authors

125

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

27

Variants

Flood Mitigation Structures

Parents

Publications

96

Revisiting the Concepts of Return Period and Risk for Nonstationary Hydrologic Extreme Events

José D. Salas, Jayantha Obeysekera · Journal of Hydrologic Engineering · 2013 · 559 citations

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Historic Trends in the Sediment Flow Regime of the Mississippi River

Malcolm P Keown, Elba A Dardeau, Etta M. Causey · Water Resources Research · 1986 · 131 citations

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Experiments of dam-break wave over a triangular bottom sill

Sandra Soares Frazão · Journal of Hydraulic Research · 2007 · 127 citations

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Estimating magnitude and frequency of floods using the PeakFQ 7.0 program

Andrea G. Veilleux, Timothy A. Cohn, Kathleen M. Flynn et al. · Fact sheet · 2014 · 116 citations · Full text

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Breach formation: Field test and laboratory experiments

M.W. Morris, Mohamed Hassan, K. A. Vaskinn · Journal of Hydraulic Research · 2007 · 111 citations

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Authors

280

  1. MG
    Marcelo Gomes Miguez

    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    2 publications · 144 citations

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  2. JD
    José D. Salas

    Colorado State University, United States

    2 publications · 590 citations

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  3. SS
    Sandra Soares Frazão

    UCLouvain, Belgium

    2 publications · 155 citations

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  4. BF
    Brett F. Sanders

    Irvine University, United States

    2 publications · 63 citations

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  5. TS
    T. Schweckendiek

    Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

    2 publications · 42 citations

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Institutions

125

  1. Delft University of Technology

    Delft, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    216 citations

  2. Deltares

    Delft, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    11 publications

    239 citations

  3. Wuhan University

    Wuhan, China

    3 h-index

    13 publications

    939 citations

  4. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    576 citations

  5. University of California, Irvine

    Irvine, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    90 citations

  6. IHE Delft Institute for Water Education

    Delft, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    242 citations

  7. Wageningen University & Research

    Wageningen, The Netherlands

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    547 citations

  8. South China University of Technology

    Guangzhou, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    143 citations

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Venues

  1. Water Resources Research

    9 publications · 303 citations

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  2. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering

    5 publications · 739 citations

    5

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  3. Journal of Hydrology

    4 publications · 298 citations

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  4. Natural Hazards

    4 publications · 111 citations

    4

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  5. Journal of Hydraulic Research

    3 publications · 266 citations

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