CASTOR: SIMPLIFIED DAM-BREAK WAVE MODEL. DISCUSSION AND CLOSURE

A discussion of a technical note with the aforementioned title by A. Paquier and O. Robin, published in this journal (Volume 123, Number 8, August 1997), is presented. The discusser questions the validity of several of the paper's statements regarding the accuracy of the National Weather Service simplified dam break (SMPDBK) model, the relationship between the channel valley and the reservoir volume, and the adequacy of the average velocity used to compute the travel time. Discussion is followed by closure from the first author.

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• Authors:
  • Lewis, J M
• Publication Date: 1999-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 314-315
• Serial:
  • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
  • Volume: 125
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
  • ISSN: 0733-9429
  • Serial URL: https://ascelibrary.org/journal/jhend8

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Channel flow; Channels (Waterways); Dams; Failure analysis; Mathematical models; Peak discharge; Reservoirs; Travel time
• Subject Areas: Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00762770
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 13 1999 12:00AM