Numerical Simulation and Risk Assessment of Cascade Reservoir Dam-Break
Despite the fact that cascade reservoirs are built in a large number of river basins nowadays, there is still an absence of studies on sequential embankment dam-break in cascade reservoirs. Therefore, numerical simulations and risk analyses of cascade reservoir dam-break are of practical engineering...
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| description | Despite the fact that cascade reservoirs are built in a large number of river basins nowadays, there is still an absence of studies on sequential embankment dam-break in cascade reservoirs. Therefore, numerical simulations and risk analyses of cascade reservoir dam-break are of practical engineering significance. In this study, by means of contacting the hydraulic features of upstream and downstream reservoirs with flood routing simulation (FRS) and flood-regulating calculation (FRC), a numerical model for the whole process of cascade reservoir breaching simulation (CRBS) is established based on a single-embankment dam-break model (Dam Breach Analysis—China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (DB-IWHR)). In a case study of a fundamental cascade reservoir system, in the upstream Tangjiashan barrier lake and the downstream reservoir II, the whole process of cascade reservoir dam-break is simulated and predicted under working schemes of different discharge capacities, and the risk of cascading breaching was also evaluated through CRBS. The results show that, in the dam-break of Tangjiashan barrier lake, the calculated values of the peak outflow rate are about 10% more than the recorded data, which are in an acceptable range. In the simulation of flood routing, the dam-break flood arrived at the downstream reservoir after 3 h. According to the predicted results of flood-regulating calculations and the dam-break simulation in the downstream reservoir, the risk of sequential dam-break can be effectively reduced by setting early warnings to decrease reservoir storage in advance and adding a second discharge tunnel to increase the discharge capacity. Alongside the simulation of flood routing and flood regulation, the whole process of cascade dam-break was completely simulated and the results of CRBS tend to be more reasonable; CRBS shows the great value of engineering application in the risk assessment and flood control of cascade reservoirs as an universal numerical prediction model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-24078c564cb14baebd8b723eaf608cbf2023-11-20T04:07:53ZengMDPI AGWater2073-44412020-06-01126173010.3390/w12061730Numerical Simulation and Risk Assessment of Cascade Reservoir Dam-BreakLiangming Hu0Xu Yang1Qian Li2Shuyu Li3School of Water Conservancy Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaSchool of Water Conservancy Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Water Resources and Hydropower Engineering Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, ChinaSchool of Water Conservancy Engineering, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, ChinaDespite the fact that cascade reservoirs are built in a large number of river basins nowadays, there is still an absence of studies on sequential embankment dam-break in cascade reservoirs. Therefore, numerical simulations and risk analyses of cascade reservoir dam-break are of practical engineering significance. In this study, by means of contacting the hydraulic features of upstream and downstream reservoirs with flood routing simulation (FRS) and flood-regulating calculation (FRC), a numerical model for the whole process of cascade reservoir breaching simulation (CRBS) is established based on a single-embankment dam-break model (Dam Breach Analysis—China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research (DB-IWHR)). In a case study of a fundamental cascade reservoir system, in the upstream Tangjiashan barrier lake and the downstream reservoir II, the whole process of cascade reservoir dam-break is simulated and predicted under working schemes of different discharge capacities, and the risk of cascading breaching was also evaluated through CRBS. The results show that, in the dam-break of Tangjiashan barrier lake, the calculated values of the peak outflow rate are about 10% more than the recorded data, which are in an acceptable range. In the simulation of flood routing, the dam-break flood arrived at the downstream reservoir after 3 h. According to the predicted results of flood-regulating calculations and the dam-break simulation in the downstream reservoir, the risk of sequential dam-break can be effectively reduced by setting early warnings to decrease reservoir storage in advance and adding a second discharge tunnel to increase the discharge capacity. Alongside the simulation of flood routing and flood regulation, the whole process of cascade dam-break was completely simulated and the results of CRBS tend to be more reasonable; CRBS shows the great value of engineering application in the risk assessment and flood control of cascade reservoirs as an universal numerical prediction model.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/6/1730cascade reservoirembankment damsequential breachnumerical simulationrisk analysis |
| spellingShingle | Liangming Hu Xu Yang Qian Li Shuyu Li Numerical Simulation and Risk Assessment of Cascade Reservoir Dam-Break Water cascade reservoir embankment dam sequential breach numerical simulation risk analysis |
| title | Numerical Simulation and Risk Assessment of Cascade Reservoir Dam-Break |
| title_full | Numerical Simulation and Risk Assessment of Cascade Reservoir Dam-Break |
| title_fullStr | Numerical Simulation and Risk Assessment of Cascade Reservoir Dam-Break |
| title_full_unstemmed | Numerical Simulation and Risk Assessment of Cascade Reservoir Dam-Break |
| title_short | Numerical Simulation and Risk Assessment of Cascade Reservoir Dam-Break |
| title_sort | numerical simulation and risk assessment of cascade reservoir dam break |
| topic | cascade reservoir embankment dam sequential breach numerical simulation risk analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/12/6/1730 |
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