Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
Geotechnical Special Publication
Publisher
GeoCongress 2012 : State of the Art and Practice in Geotechnical Engineering
Publication Date
3-2012
Abstract/ Summary
The overall intent of this research is to develop numerical models of erosion of levees, dams and embankments, validated by physical models. The physical models are performed at 1-g and at high g's using a geotechnical centrifuge. The erosion is modeled in detail, from beginning to end, that is from the time the levee is overtopped until the levee is breached. Typical quantities measured as a function of time are the depth, width and volume of rills, number of junction points, are the rills straight or meandering, sediment transport quantities, and finally breach. This data can be obtained from the numerical modeling, but is difficult to obtain from the physical modeling. Video images indicate the physical modeling agrees quite well with the numerical modeling. A comparison has also been done between observed breaching width and the FEMA new formula for both 1-g and centrifuge tests.
Repository Citation
Kamalzare, M.,
Stuetzle, C. S.,
Chen, Z.,
Zimmie, T. F.,
Cutler, B.,
&
Franklin, W. R.
(2012). Validation of Erosion Modeling: Physical and Numerical. Geotechnical Special Publication
Available at: https://scholarworks.merrimack.edu/cs_facpub/24