Dam Breach Modeling Technology / Edition 1

by V.P. Singh

Overview

Dams are constructed for economic development, and their construction involves large investments of money, and natural and human resources. Of the various types of dams constructed around the globe, earth dams are the most common type and constitute the vast majority of dams. When adam fails, it culminates in the sudden release of artificially stored water which, in turn, becomes a potential menace to virtually everything downstream. The dam failure may result in loss of life and property. In recent years, instances of dam failure in the world have been too many, and the resulting loss too high. As a result, dam safety pro grams have been developed in most countries of the world since the beginning of the nineteenth eighties. · Earth dams are more susceptible to failure than other types. The cause of failure is often either overtopping or piping. The modeling of dam breaching due to either or both of these causes is of fundamental importance to development of dam-safety programs. This book is, therefore, an attempt to present some aspects of earth-dam breach modeling technology. It is hoped that others will be stimulated to write more comprehensive texts on this subject of growing interest and importance. The book is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter is introductory and discusses some aspects of dams and dam failures in the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789048146680
Publisher:	Springer Netherlands
Publication date:	12/06/2010
Series:	Water Science and Technology Library , #17
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1996
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Dam Breaching.- 3. Hydraulics of Dam Breaching.- 4. Major Recorded Dam Breaches in the World.- 5. Empirical Models: Dimensional Analytical Solutions.- 6. Empirical Models: Dimensionless Analytical Solutions.- 7. Mathematical Models of Dam Breaching.- 8. Comparative Evaluation of Dam-Breach Models.- References.

Editorial Reviews

The point of studying holes in dams is not to make them but to plan and design dam disaster work. Compiling information scattered through technical and scientific literature, explores such topics as the types and causes of dam failures, the hydraulics of floods and erosion, major recorded dam breaches, dimensional and dimensionless analytical solutions using empirical models, and mathematical models. Also compares and evaluates the various models. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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