Flood
over Dry Bed due to Partial Dam Breach
The
Dam is breached in the middle over its entire height.
The resulting wave advances over a dry land limited
by vertical walls on the sides. It is interesting to
observe the front wave and the cross-wave pattern generated
by the reflection on the vertical side walls. The reservoir
behind the dam is limited by a vertical wall at the
upstream boundary. The reflections of the negative wave
on the upstream wall and side walls create surface oscillations
in the reservoir during emptying. |
TORO3_ANIMATION.avi
(58.5 MB, AVI Video) |
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Dam-break
Flood over a Conical Hill
The
flood wave due to complete failure of the dam passes
over a conical hill situated at the downstream flat
terrain. It is interesting to note the interaction of
the waves generated by the conical hill and the reflections
from the vertical walls on all sides. |
cone_fieldview_animation.avi
(29.8 MB, AVI Video) |
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Toce
River Valley flood simulation (2D)
The
Toce River Valley in the Northern Alps, Italy, is a
a pilot area for studying catastrophic flood events.
A 5km reach of the valley has been reproduced on a 1:100
scale physical model. The experimental data (topographic
data, inflow hydrographs, hydraulic conditions and physical
parameters and water elevations measured at 32 gauging
stations) is available as benchmark data for testing
numerical models. Two different dam-break test cases
are available; one with the flood wave overtopping a
reservoir located in the middle of the valley, and the
other without overtopping. The case with overtopping
of the reservoir was used to validate CCHE-FLOOD.
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Toce2d_Run4_animation.avi
(52.1 MB, AVI Video) |
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Toce
River Valley flood simulation (1D)
The
Toce River Valley in the Northern Alps, Italy, is a
a pilot area for studying catastrophic flood events.
A 5km reach of the valley has been reproduced on a 1:100
scale physical model. The experimental data (topographic
data, inflow hydrographs, hydraulic conditions and physical
parameters and water elevations measured at 32 gauging
stations) is available as benchmark data for testing
numerical models. Two different dam-break test cases
are available; one with the flood wave overtopping a
reservoir located in the middle of the valley, and the
other without overtopping. The case with overtopping
of the reservoir was used to validate CCHE-FLOOD.
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Toce1D_Hydrograph2_nop.avi
(48.5 MB, AVI Video) |
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Catastrophic
Flooding due to Malpasset Dam-Break
In
December 2, 1959, the 66,5m-high, double-curvature Malpasset
arch dam located in a narrow gorge of the Reyran river
valley, France, literally exploded. The resulting flood
destroyed downstream villages and claimed more than
400 lives. The trace marks left by this catastrophic
flood showed water depths of 20m above the original
bed level. The 2D CCHE-FLOOD was used to simulate the
flood resulting from the Malpasset dam-break. |
Malp_2d_blue.avi
(26.6 MB, AVI Video) |
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