Characterizing the dam break release
Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014.
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| author | Wu, Juliana, S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| author2 | Alexandra Techet. |
| author_facet | Alexandra Techet. Wu, Juliana, S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/922132019-04-11T02:47:16Z Characterizing the dam break release Wu, Juliana, S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Alexandra Techet. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering. Mechanical Engineering. Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2014. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 41). The failure of a dam can cause disastrous consequences, thus understanding the nature of a dam break is of utmost importance. A model of a dam break was built and used to profile the resulting wave. The gate release was characterized to check for consistency, maximum velocity, and it's profile. Matlab code was created to analyze both the gate speed and the wave velocity. The maximum velocity was 1503.2 cm/s and there a 30% deviation at most.The wave velocity was found to increase as the water reservoir height was increased. An equation was derived that had a 0.96 correlation coefficient thus proving that the relationship between velocity and reservoir height was accurate. Further research can be done using a cantilevered plate downstream of the dam break to analyze the forces generated. by Juliana Wu. S.B. 2014-12-08T18:57:00Z 2014-12-08T18:57:00Z 2014 2014 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/92213 897379414 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 41 pages application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Mechanical Engineering. Wu, Juliana, S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Characterizing the dam break release |
| title | Characterizing the dam break release |
| title_full | Characterizing the dam break release |
| title_fullStr | Characterizing the dam break release |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characterizing the dam break release |
| title_short | Characterizing the dam break release |
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| topic | Mechanical Engineering. |
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