Sub-critical vs Super-critical flow
Sub-critical vs Super-critical flow
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Hi!
I was wondering, when a dam breaks is the flow in the river sub-critical or super-critical?
I am trying to determine the height of the water at different sections, when the flow in the river is equal to the flow after a rupture.
Any tips or ideas would be useful,
Thanks
I was wondering, when a dam breaks is the flow in the river sub-critical or super-critical?
I am trying to determine the height of the water at different sections, when the flow in the river is equal to the flow after a rupture.
Any tips or ideas would be useful,
Thanks
RE: Sub-critical vs Super-critical flow
RE: Sub-critical vs Super-critical flow
I would recommend a local hydraulics expert for this one.
Good luck,
Robert Weber, EI
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RE: Sub-critical vs Super-critical flow
You can download it free from http://noaa.gov
RE: Sub-critical vs Super-critical flow
To be synthetic, I would say that a dambreak wave knows a significant attenuation even on short distance, due to the steepness of the hydrograph: the "flow after a rupture" can only be locally defined, in a single section.
Thus to evaluate the highest(s) water elevation(s), you should model the whole reach downstream from the dam, in an unsteady way. (not the easiest thing...)
(I speak with my theorical background rather than experience)
-Regards-
RE: Sub-critical vs Super-critical flow
I couldn't find SMDBK or any mention of it in the search index. Simplified Dam Break is apparently called DAMBRK a an acronym, but I couldn't find a download option, just mentions of it in documents...any further info? Thanks a lot.
--Steve
RE: Sub-critical vs Super-critical flow
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The Simplified Dam Break (SMPDBK) Flood Forecasting Model is a simplified procedure for predicting downstream flooding produced by a dam failure. This procedure produces information needed for delineating areas endangered by dam-break floodwaters while substantially reducing the amount of time, data, computer facilities, and technical expertise required in employing more highly sophisticated unsteady flow routing models such as the NWS DAMBRK or FLDWAV models. The SMPDBK model can easily be processed on an inexpensive microcomputer; and with a minimal amount of data, the user may within minutes predict the dam-break floodwave peak flows, peak flood elevations, and peak travel times at selected downstream points. This capacity for providing results quickly and efficiently makes the SMPDBK model a useful forecasting tool in a dam failure emergency when warning response time is short, data are sparse, or large computer facilities are inaccessible. The SMPDBK model is also useful for pre-event dam failure analysis by emergency management personnel engaged in preparing disaster contingency plans when the use of other flood routing models is precluded by limited resources.
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