Simulation of the St. Francis dam-break flood

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 133, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1200-1212

  Begnudelli, Lorenzo ^a   Sanders, Brett F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Dam failure; Floods; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; SUBCRITICAL FLOW; SUPERCRITICAL FLOW;

FLOODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAMS; FLOODS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALGORITHM; CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAM FAILURE; DESIGN; DISCHARGE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOD FORECASTING; FLOODING; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; STANDING WAVE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 35448947161     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(2007)133:11(1200)     Document Type: Article

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