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Levee Safety Engineering

Levee Safety Engineering is a branch of civil engineering that specializes in the analysis, design, and evaluation of levee systems to ensure their structural integrity and risk mitigation against flooding, distinguishing it from broader water management practices through its focused application on failure prevention, hazard assessment, and performance-based safety standards.

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459

Citations

41

Authors

34

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2017–2026

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Publications

15

Overview of New Orleans Levee Failures: Lessons Learned and Their Impact on National Levee Design and Assessment

G. L. Sills, Noah Vroman, Ronald E. Wahl et al. · Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering · 2008 · 158 citations

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Towards an International Levee Performance Database (ILPD) and Its Use for Macro-Scale Analysis of Levee Breaches and Failures

Myron van Damme, Sebastiaan N. Jonkman · Water · 2019 · 64 citations · Full text

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Design of System for Monitoring Seepage of Levee Engineering Based on Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing Technology

Huaizhi Su, Yeyuan Kang · International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks · 2013 · 33 citations · Full text

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VALUE OF WOODY RWER CORRIDORS IN LEVEE PROTECTION ALONG THE MISSOURI RWER IN 1993<sup>1</sup>

John Dwyer, Douglas C. Wallace, David R. Larsen · JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association · 1997 · 29 citations · Full text

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Quantitative risk assessment of road posed by levee slope failure: A novel framework integrating Monte Carlo simulation and material point method

Yanhao Zheng, Junru Li, Junru Li et al. · Engineering Geology · 2025 · 29 citations

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Authors

41

  1. HS
    Huaizhi Su

    Hohai University, China

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  2. AP
    A.L. Pyayt

    Siemens (Russia), Russia

    1 publications · 16 citations

    1

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  3. RE
    Ronald E. Wahl

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, United States

    1 publications · 158 citations

    1

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  4. BA
    Bryant A. Robbins

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, United States

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  5. VB
    Victoria Bennett

    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, United States

    1 publications · 25 citations

    1

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Institutions

34

  1. U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

    Vicksburg, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    665 citations

  2. Hohai University

    Nanjing, China

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    135 citations

  3. United States Army Corps of Engineers

    Washington, United States

    2 h-index

    7 publications

    665 citations

  4. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    22 citations

  5. Natural Resources Conservation Service

    Washington, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    87 citations

  6. Nanjing Institute of Technology

    Nanjing, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  7. California Polytechnic State University

    San Luis Obispo, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. New York University Abu Dhabi

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

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Venues

  1. Natural Hazards Review

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  2. 1

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  3. Journal of Geotechnical Engineering

    1 publications · 11 citations

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  4. 1

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  5. 1

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