An index system for levee failure risk assessment was established based on the analysis of factors and modes of levee failure.

通过对堤坝失事模式和影响因素分析，确定了堤坝失事风险评价指标体系。

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The cases of levee colapse disaster due to earthquake are analyzed to investigate the mechanism of embankment failure.

通过对地震时所发生的堤防灾害事例进行分析，探讨了堤防破坏的原因。

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Considering the potential failure modes in levee engineering, the mathematical models of hydrological failure risk and slope slide instability risk for levees are improved.

基于堤防工程可能的失效模式，修正了水文失事风险率和边坡滑动失稳风险率计算模型。

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Gustav reminded us the city remains vulnerable to levee failure -- any levee is no match for nature.

CNN: Today's New Orleans a tale of two cities

In cases he's been involved with, Rogers says it's typical that it's not just the levee authority that is sued but also insurance companies, contractors, state entities--in short, any group or individual with any possible connection to the levee failure.

NPR: Lawsuits Filed Over New Orleans Levee Breaks

Rogers says the levee breaks in New Orleans bear some similarity to the failure in 1986 of a levee on the Yuba River, south of Marysville, California.

NPR: Lawsuits Filed Over New Orleans Levee Breaks