Research and application of reliability theory and risk analysis to assess the safety system of irrigation works taken water reservoirs in conditions of Vietnam.

Abstract

     Application of probabilistic design in civil engineering, in general, and hydraulic engineering have been recently being a common trend worlwide. In Viet Nam applying probabilistic design is just at the beginning states. The design works are mostly based on conventional deterministic approach thus probabilistic approach for design of hydraulic structures is still very new field. However, there are more researches which concerning probabilistic approach and development of this design tool during the last few years. This paper presents the approach and objectives of the research project "Research and application of reliability theory and risk analysis to assess the safety system of irrigation works taken water reservoirs in conditions of Vietnam", and application examples presented theoretical analysis of the reliability and safety spillways to clarify the issues to research organizations.