This paper firstly described the dam break in the aspects of theories and models. Break parameters prediction, the understanding of dam break mechanics, peak outflow prediction were shown as the essential for the dam break analysis, and eventually determined the loss of the damages. Secondly, as an application example, Foster Joseph Sayers Dam break was further modeled and analyzed using USACE ...

Summary The unsteady reflection of dam-break flow along a horizontal channel by remote barrier is modelled using the nonlinear shallow water equations. interaction generates an upstream moving bore that connects collapsing reservoir fluid to rapidly deepening layer adjacent barrier. These motions are modified when released into containing pre-wetted layer, because oncoming itself headed alters ...

Sermo Dam is located in the Special Region of Yogyakarta and serves multiple purposes including providing drinking water, supplementing irrigation systems Kalibawang area, flood control. According to data published by World Commission, 60% mitigation measures taken overcome impact dam structure failures are unsuccessful. The simulation failure as a crucial aspect plans strategies because it mor...

Flood disasters cause massive loss of human lives and immense damage to the infrastructure and economic activities, not only in Turkey but also all over the world. Governments consider several long-term and short-term precautions for flood control. The numerical simulation of dam-break problems could be accomplished with geographic information systems and innovation maps. Spread of the flood wa...

Dam breaks of landslide dams are always accompanied by large numbers of casualties, a large loss of property, and negative influences on the downstream ecology and environment. This study uses the Jiadanwan landslide dam, created by the Wenchuan earthquake, as a case study example. Several laboratory experiments are carried out to analyse the dam-break mechanism of the landslide dam. The differ...

Dam break analysis plays a very important role in the risk assessment of dams. Large dams pose significantly higher risks to the people and property downstream of the dam as compared to smaller dams. So the flooding risk due to the possible failure of large dams is more crucial. The simulation of exceptional events characterized by high hydraulic and hydro-geologic risk is an actual problem for...

Flood disasters from dam breaks cause serious loss of human life and immense damage to infrastructure and economic stability. The application of Geographic Information System technology integrated with hydrological modeling for mapping flood-inundated areas and depth can play a momentous role in further minimizing the risk and possible damage. In the present study, base terrain data, hydrologic...

solving a large sparse set of linear equations is of the problems widely seen in every numerical investigation in the entire range of engineering disciplines. employing a finite element approach in solving partial derivative equations, the resulting stiffness matrices would contain many zero-valued elements. moreover, storing all these sparse matrices in a computer memory would slower the compu...

Experimental and theoretical models are used to explore the break of a moraine dam by catastrophic erosional incision initiated by overtopping with a displacement wave. The experiments are conducted in a rectangular tank with an erodible barrier made from sand and grit. Theory combines shallow-water hydrodynamics with an empirical model of erosion. The models confirm that dams can be broken by ...