Stamataki, Ioanna ORCID: 0000-0002-4876-1648, Zang, Jun, Buldakov, Eugeny, Kjeldsen, Thomas and Stagonas, Dimitris (2018) Study of dam break flow interaction with urban settlements over a sloping channel. In: E3S Web of Conferences. E3S Web of Conferences. ISSN 2267-1242 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20184006006)

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Abstract

This paper describes a dam break experiment on a sloped channel, carried out in a hydraulic flume at UCL for the purpose of computer model validations of extreme events, such as flash floods. An elevated reservoir was situated upstream followed by a 1/20 slope leading up to a flat floodplain. Plexiglas blocks were positioned on the floodplain constituting different urban settlements and creating different obstructions to the flow. The flume was instrumented along its length measuring the change in water depth in the reservoir; the water depth time histories in various locations; the flow patterns and flood front velocity; and lastly the pressure and load on the buildings. The experiments were repeated for different urban settlements, flood intensities (two different initial water depths in the reservoir) and roughness layers along the slope, representative of a vegetated and a non-vegetated hill. In the present study, the experimental results were described qualitatively and compared with theoretical processes and 2D numerical results obtained using OpenFOAM’s RAS turbulent model. Water depth, velocity and load measurements were analysed for different cases and it was found that while the 2D model provided a good fit on the slope, the flows generated around the building were more complex 3D formations which lead to inaccuracies. All experiments were repeated multiple times to ensure repeatability and thus the procedure was validated successfully providing a complete dataset that can be used for the validation of computational models for extreme events.

Item Type:	Conference Proceedings
Title of Proceedings:	E3S Web of Conferences
Uncontrolled Keywords:	dam break; experiment; flash floods
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > School of Engineering (ENG)
Last Modified:	29 Jul 2022 09:12
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/36812

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