An exact solution for ideal dam-break floods on steep slopes

Water Resources Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Ancey, C ^a   Iverson, R M ^b   Rentschler, M ^a   Denlinger, R P ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CASCADES VOLCANO OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW OF WATER; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ARBITRARY INCLINATION; HODOGRAPH TRANSFORMATION; IDEAL DAM-BREAK FLOODS;

FLOODS;

FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOODS; FLOW OF WATER; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW; NUMERICAL METHODS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

DAM FAILURE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW MODELING; MODEL TEST; NUMERICAL MODEL; SLOPE; WATER FLOW;

EID: 39749178945     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007WR006353     Document Type: Article

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