Dam Break Analysis of Embankment Dams Considering Breach Characteristics

• Main Authors: Abolfazl Shamsaei, Mohammad Reza Paya
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Water and Wastewater Consulting Engineers Research Development 2004-05-01
• Series: آب و فاضلاب
• Online Access: http://www.wwjournal.ir/article_2539_0857c9f9df749b33780ed627ba921064.pdf

The study of dam's break, needs the definition of various parameters such as the break cause, its type, its dimension and the duration of breach development. The precise forecast for different aspects of the breach is one of the most important factors for analyzing it in embankment dam. The characteristics of the breach and determination of their vulnerability has the most effect on the waves resulting from dam break. Investigating, about the parameters of the breach in "Silveh" earth dam have been determined using the suitable model. In Silve dam a trapezoid breach with side slope z=0.01m and the average base line b=80m was computed. The duration of the breaches development is 1.9 hour. Regarding the above results and the application of DAM Break software the consequences of the probable break of the dam was determined. The analysis of the results of water covering of the city of Piranshahr located 12km from silve dam confirms that in 3 hours the water will reach the height (level) of 1425 meters.