Numerical Modeling of Breach Erosion of River Embankments

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1000-1009

  Faeh, Roland ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dam failure; Embankments; Numerical analysis; Numerical models; Rivers; Sediment transport

Indexed keywords

EROSION; FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LEVEES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; DAMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

BED LOAD; BREACH EROSION; BREACH FORMATION; DAM FAILURE; DAM MATERIALS; GRAINSIZE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; RIVER EMBANKMENTS; SUSPENDED LOADS; TRANSPORT CAPACITY;

NUMERICAL MODELS; EMBANKMENTS;

BREACH EROSION; EROSION-BASED DIKE-BREACH SIMULATION;

DAMS; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EMBANKMENTS; EROSION; FLOW INTERACTIONS; LEVEES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BEDLOAD; DAM FAILURE; EMBANKMENT; EROSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUSPENDED LOAD;

EID: 34548159267     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: 19437900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9429(2007)133:9(1000)     Document Type: Article

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