<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Dams have an important role in the industrial development of countries. Irrespective of the reason for dam break, the flood can cause devastating disasters with loss of life and property especially in densely populated areas. In this study, the effects of the vegetation on the flood wave propagation in case of dam break were investigated experimentally by using the distorted physical model of Ürkmez Dam. The horizontal and vertical scales of the distorted physical model are 1/150 and 1/30, respectively. The dam break scenarios were achieved by means of a gate of rectangular and triangular shape. The results obtained from experiments performed with vegetation were compared and interpreted with those obtained from experiments at which the vegetation configuration was absent. The analysis of the experimental data showed that the presence of vegetation causes a significant decrease in water depths as the flood wave propagates to the downstream and greatly reduces its impact on the settlements. It is also revealed that dam break shape plays an important role in temporal variation of flood wave.</p></abstract>

Dams have an important role in the industrial development of countries. Irrespective of the reason for dam break, the flood can cause devastating disasters with loss of life and property especially in densely populated areas. In this study, the effects of the vegetation on the flood wave propagation in case of dam break were investigated experimentally by using the distorted physical model of Ürkmez Dam. The horizontal and vertical scales of the distorted physical model are 1/150 and 1/30, respectively. The dam break scenarios were achieved by means of a gate of rectangular and triangular shape. The results obtained from experiments performed with vegetation were compared and interpreted with those obtained from experiments at which the vegetation configuration was absent. The analysis of the experimental data showed that the presence of vegetation causes a significant decrease in water depths as the flood wave propagates to the downstream and greatly reduces its impact on the settlements. It is also revealed that dam break shape plays an important role in temporal variation of flood wave.

Experimental investigation of the effect of vegetation on dam break flood waves

Journal of Hydrology and Hydromechanics

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Dams have an important role in the industrial development of countries. Irrespective of the reason for dam break, the flood can cause devastating disasters...

Experimental investigation of the effect of vegetation on dam break flood waves

Published Online: Aug 10, 2020

Page range: 231 - 241

Received: May 07, 2020

Accepted: Jul 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2020-0026

Keywords
Dam break, Flood wave, Physical model, Urkmez Dam, Vegetation effect

© 2020 Semire Oguzhan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Experimental investigation of the effect of vegetation on dam break flood waves

Published Online: Aug 10, 2020

Page range: 231 - 241

Received: May 07, 2020

Accepted: Jul 01, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/johh-2020-0026

KeywordsDam break, Flood wave, Physical model, Urkmez Dam, Vegetation effect

© 2020 Semire Oguzhan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Dam break, Flood wave, Physical model, Urkmez Dam, Vegetation effect