Publication detail

Investigations of maximum discharge at overtopped embankment dams

JANDORA, J. ŠPANO, M.

Original Title

Investigations of maximum discharge at overtopped embankment dams

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

Embankment dam overtopping usually leads to dam failure. To prevent this failure, protection of the embankment dam body is very important. There are several possible ways of protecting dams against damage caused by overtopping. Some of the common types of structural protection, such as riprap and placed stones, have been tested on physical models at a laboratory at the Institute of Water Structures at Brno University of Technology. Experiments have been conducted for different dam slopes and with different sizes of stones, and the results analysed.

Keywords

embankment dams, riprap, dam overtopping

Authors

JANDORA, J.; ŠPANO, M.

RIV year

2011

Released

13. 6. 2011

Publisher

Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej

Location

Warszawa

ISBN

978-83-61102-53-3

Book

Bezpieczenstwo zapor - nowe wyzwania

Edition

1

Edition number

1

Pages from

271

Pages to

278

Pages count

8

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT89847,
  author="Jan {Jandora} and Miroslav {Špano}",
  title="Investigations of maximum discharge at overtopped embankment dams",
  booktitle="Bezpieczenstwo zapor - nowe wyzwania",
  year="2011",
  series="1",
  number="1",
  pages="271--278",
  publisher="Instytut Meteorologii i Gospodarki Wodnej",
  address="Warszawa",
  isbn="978-83-61102-53-3"
}