Simplified method for the characterization of the hydrograph following a sudden partial dam break

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 693-704

  Pilotti, Marco ^a   Tomirotti, Massimo ^a   Valerio, Giulia ^a   Bacchi, Baldassare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dam breaches; Dam failure; Hydrographs; Numerical models; Numerical simulation; Outflow; Shallow water; Simulation

Indexed keywords

DAM BREACH; DAM FAILURE; HYDROGRAPHS; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OUTFLOW; SHALLOW WATERS; SIMULATION;

DISASTERS; GRAVITY DAMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

RESERVOIRS (WATER);

DAM FAILURE; GRAVITY DAM; HYDROGRAPH; NUMERICAL MODEL; OUTFLOW; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SHALLOW-WATER EQUATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW;

EID: 77957120103     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000231     Document Type: Article

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