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Titre :
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Breaching of overtopped river embankments controlled by apparent cohesion (2011)
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Auteurs :
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Gerd Pickert, Auteur ;
Volker Weitbrecht, Auteur ;
Andreas Bieberstein, Auteur
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Type de document :
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Article : texte imprimé
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Dans :
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Journal of hydraulic research (Vol. 49 N° 2, Mars/Avril 2011)
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Article en page(s) :
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pp. 143-156
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Note générale :
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Hydraulique
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Langues :
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Anglais
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Index. décimale :
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627 (Ingénierie des cours d'eau naturels, des ports, des rades et des cotes. Installations de navigation, de dragage, de récupération et de sauvetage. Barrages et centrales électriques hydrauliques)
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Tags :
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Breach formation Dam failure Embankment Fringe projection method Laboratory experiment Pore-water pressure
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Résumé :
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Laboratory experiments were conducted to obtain detailed experimental data of high temporal and spatial resolution on the breach of homogeneous non-cohesive embankments due to overtopping. These results supplement earlier data for this embankment type by providing information on the breach discharge, longitudinal and transversal breach profiles, erosion rates and pore-water pressures within the embankment. Based on detailed experimental results, two breach phases are classified. Shear and tension failure mechanisms were identified from the analysis of the obtained cross-sectional breach profiles. Furthermore, the temporal cross-sectional analysis of the used non-cohesive granular material shows a different behaviour regarding the lateral breach widening and the breach slope failure. The data analysis indicates that the apparent cohesion represented by the pore-water pressure influences the stability of the breach side slopes and hence the complete breach process. This finding is confirmed by a dimensional analysis of the experimental data and compared with information from earlier work.
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DEWEY :
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627
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ISSN :
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0022-1686
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En ligne :
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http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00221686.2011.552468
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