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A comprehensive investigation of the hydraulics of dam failure involves flood hydrology, mechanics of erosion and sediment transport, hydraulics of flow over the crest and through the breach, geomechanics of slope instability, hydraulics of channel flow and floodplains, dam regulation and management, disaster alleviation, and damage assessment. Some of these elements are interconnected as shown in Figure 3.1. A complete mathematical model incorporating all of these elements does not appear to have been reported yet. Most models are based on two or more elements that hover around breach formation and dam-breach flood routing.
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Singh, V.P. (1996). Hydraulics of Dam Breaching. In: Dam Breach Modeling Technology. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8747-1_3
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