Draining the Tangjiashan barrier lake

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 914-923

  Liu, Ning ^a   Chen, Zuyu ^b   Zhang, Jianxin ^a,e   Lin, Wei ^c   Chen, Wuyi ^d   Xu, Wenjie ^e  

^a YANGTZE RIVER SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH   (China)

^c Sichuan Province   (China)

^d CHENGDU AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Dam failures; Erosion; Lakes; Open channel flow

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES; CHANNEL BED; CHINA; DAM BREACHING; DAM FAILURES; DAM-BREAKS; EMERGENCY MEASURES; INCIPIENT VELOCITY; LANDSLIDE DAM; MAXIMUM VELOCITY; MEASURED DATA; OPEN CHANNELS; PAPER DOCUMENTS; PEAK FLOWS; RESERVOIR WATER; SICHUAN PROVINCE; SOIL EROSION; SURVEY WORKS; WENCHUAN EARTHQUAKE;

DAMS; DISASTERS; EROSION; LAKES; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SOILS; VELOCITY; WATER LEVELS;

OPEN CHANNEL FLOW;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DAM FAILURE; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOW VELOCITY; LAKE; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; PEAK FLOW; SICHUAN EARTHQUAKE 2008; SOIL EROSION; WATER LEVEL;

CHINA; SICHUAN; WENCHUAN;

EID: 77957967773     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000241     Document Type: Article

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