Pieter Jacobus Wemelsfelder
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Pieter Jacobus Wemelsfelder
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Pieter Jacobus (P.J.) Wemelsfelder was a Dutch hydraulic engineer who made significant contributions to the field of hydrometry in the Netherlands, and in hydraulic engineering internationally. In addition to his involvement in the design and planning of the Delta Works, he published widely and is notable for the first use of probability theory in the design of flood levels. Wemelsfelder introduced a systematic approach to understanding and predicting the occurrence of storm floods, considering
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Dutch civil engineer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter_Jacobus_Wemelsfelder
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2023-04-02T21:29:04Z
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2024-08-27T05:20:24Z
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