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Effects of Surface Explosions on top of Earth Embankment Dams
An explosion on the crest of an earth embankment dam can create a crater causing a dam breach, eventually leading to extensive flooding downstream of the dam. Results are presented from a series of centrifuge model tests and numerical modeling to characterize crater formation and consequent breaching of an earth dam. The results of the centrifuge model tests were utilized to calibrate the numerical model, which can be used to conduct parametric analyses to study the effects of varying the soil characteristics or geometry in the future.
Effects of Surface Explosions on top of Earth Embankment Dams
An explosion on the crest of an earth embankment dam can create a crater causing a dam breach, eventually leading to extensive flooding downstream of the dam. Results are presented from a series of centrifuge model tests and numerical modeling to characterize crater formation and consequent breaching of an earth dam. The results of the centrifuge model tests were utilized to calibrate the numerical model, which can be used to conduct parametric analyses to study the effects of varying the soil characteristics or geometry in the future.
Effects of Surface Explosions on top of Earth Embankment Dams
De, Anirban (author) / Butler, Sean (author) / Zimmie, Thomas F. (author)
Geo-Congress 2013 ; 2013 ; San Diego, California, United States
Geo-Congress 2013 ; 444-447
2013-02-25
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Effects of Surface Explosions on Top of Earth Embankment Dams
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