Dam break - Outburst flood propagation and transient hydraulics: A geosciences perspective

Journal of Hydrology

Volumn 380, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 338-355

  Carrivick, Jonathan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flume experiment; J kulhlaup; Lahar; Sediment transport; Surging flow; Unsteady flow

Indexed keywords

'DRY' [; BED ROUGHNESS; BED SHEAR STRESSS; CHANNEL BED; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DAM BREACH; DAM-BREAKS; DECELERATING FLOW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; EXTERNAL CONTROL; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOOD PROPAGATION; FLOW DEPTH; FLOW REGIMES; FLUID MOTIONS; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GEOSCIENCES; GEOSCIENTISTS; HYDROGRAPHS; INERTIAL REGIMES; PEAK FLOWS; PROCESS-BASED MODELLING; RESERVOIR PRESSURES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSIENT HYDRAULICS; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; VERTICAL MOTIONS;

AERODYNAMICS; DAMS; EROSION; FLOODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; HYDRAULICS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EXPERIMENTS;

BED ROUGHNESS; CHANNEL FLOW; DAM CONSTRUCTION; FLOODING; FLUME EXPERIMENT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HYDROGRAPH; JOKULHLAUP; OUTBURST; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SHEAR STRESS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TRANSIENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 72249087116     PISSN: 00221694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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