Mathematical Models of Dam Breaching

Abstract

There exists a considerable body of literature accumulated over nearly a century and half on movement of flood waves resulting from sudden or instantaneous dam failure. In the last two decades or so, public interest in dam safety has heightened significantly which, in turn, has stimulated and augmented research on various facets of dam failure. As a result, a number of mathematical models have been developed and reported in the literature (Seemanapalli and Singh, 1990, 1992). The mathematical models which are concerned with earth dam breaching are briefly discussed here.