Dam-Break Problems, Solutions and Case Studies

Chapter 1: Dam failures Dam classification; Embankment dams; Concrete dams; Stability of rock foundations of dams Chapter 2: Laboratory experiments Introduction; Physical models; Depth measurements; Velocity measurements; Dam erosion and sediment transport Chapter 3: Dam-break wave routing Introduction: Clear-water wave routing; Debris-flow routing; Numerical models and solvers for dam-break shock waves; Sediment concentration of the mixtures; General remarks Chapter 4: Dam-break flood routing Introduction; Governing equations; Numerical treatment of dry bed; OpenMP parallelization; Testing RiverFLO-2D model; Conclusions Chapter 5: Dam-break flow against obstacles and through river bed singularities The presence of a natural lake; The presence of a downstream artificial lake; Presence of a sand bar at the mouth of the river; The problem of debris; Influence of ice; The presence of a downstream dam; Presence of a bridge on the river; Presence of an embankment with or without a culvert; The presence of an isolated obstacle or a high density of obstacles Chapter 6: Dam-break risk management and hazard mitigation Introduction; Dam-break risk assessment; Dam-break risk mitigation and response to hazard; Final remarks Chapter 7: Economic evaluation of dams for flood protection: an integrated safety approach Introduction; Ethical goals and constraints; Integrated management of catastrophic losses; Spatial adaptive Monte Carlo optimization; Case studies; Discounting and robust decisions; Risk communication, public perception and participation; Some guidelines and conclusions for policy evaluations Chapter 8: Case histories: a worldwide view Failures and incidents: general aspects