Applications in Environmental and Water Engineering

The following environmental and water engineering probability examples are solved efficiently in this chapter, on the cell-object-oriented spreadsheet platform. EXAMPLE 7.1 Supply and demand of irrigation water EXAMPLE 7.2 Radioactive flow into a lake EXAMPLE 7.3 Thermal pollution of a river EXAMPLE 7.4 Risk of excessive algae growth in a lake EXAMPLE 7.5 A culvert for draining flood water EXAMPLE 7.6 Flow-carrying capacity of a storm sewer pipe EXAMPLE 7.7 A storm sewer in Urbana EXAMPLE 7.8 RBD and partial factors inferred from FORM EXAMPLE 7.9 System reliability of three sewers draining three basins EXAMPLE 7.10 A hydropower station in Somalia EXAMPLE 7.11 Comparing FORM, MCS, importance sampling, and SORM EXAMPLE 7.12 Scour depth of pier foundation EXAMPLE 7.13 Beta distribution as an alternative to normal distribution EXAMPLE 7.14 Sliding failure of a breakwater in northern Italy EXAMPLE 7.15 Spillway discharge capacity EXAMPLE 7.16 Increasing spillway capacity with cost considerations EXAMPLE 7.17 Pier scour in Wabash River, Illinois