Description:

Unified and comprehensive framework covering the various aspects of risk and reliability in both hydraulic structures and water quantity and quality problems. The topics cover uncertainty analysis of acquired data, stochastic simulations, decision theory under uncertainty and case studies. Methods for risk analysis of extremes in hydrology, groundwater clean-up, rivers. Geotechnical risks in dam engineering, safety assessment of various hydraulic structures, reliability analysis of dam equipment, risk and cost benefit analysis of projects related to water management. Risk analysis of urban water systems vulnerability to extreme events and climate change effects. Sources of uncertainty and their propagation through urban water models.

Recommended literature:

Fenton, G.A., Griffiths, D.V. (2008) Risk Assessment in Geotechnical Engineering; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; ISBN: 978-0-470-17820-1
Fell, R., MacGregor, P., Stapledon, D., Bell, G. 2005: Geotechnical Engineering of Dams; CRC Press; ISBN: 978-1-138-74934-4
Cullen, A.C., Frey, H.C. (1999). Probabilistic Techniques in Exposure Assessment: A Handbook for Dealing with Variability and Uncertainty in Models and Inputs, Plenum Press; ISBN: 978-0-306-45956-6
Simonović, S. 2012 Floods in a Changing Climate: Risk Management (International Hydrology Series). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-107-01874-7.
Highland, L., M., Bobrowsky, P.: The Landslide Handbook - A Guide to Understanding Landslides. U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, Circular 1325, 129 p.

Abbreviations used:

Semester:

• W ... winter semester (usually October - February)
• S ... spring semester (usually March - June)
• W,S ... both semesters

Mode of completion of the course:

• A ... Assessment (no grade is given to this course but credits are awarded. You will receive only P (Passed) of F (Failed) and number of credits)
• GA ... Graded Assessment (a grade is awarded for this course)
• EX ... Examination (a grade is awarded for this course)
• A, EX ... Examination (the award of Assessment is a precondition for taking the Examination in the given subject, a grade is awarded for this course)

Weekly load (hours per week):

• P ... lecture
• C ... seminar
• L ... laboratory
• R ... proseminar
• S ... seminar