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