Articles | Volume 20, issue 12
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-3293-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-3293-2020
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04 Dec 2020
Research article |  | 04 Dec 2020

Open check dams and large wood: head losses and release conditions

Guillaume Piton, Toshiyuki Horiguchi, Lise Marchal, and Stéphane Lambert

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Open check dams are flood protection structures trapping sediment and large wood. Large wood obstructs openings of dams, thus increasing flow levels. If flow levels become higher than the dam crest, the trapped large wood may overtop the structure and be suddenly released downstream, which may also eventually obstruct downstream bridges. This paper is based on experiments on small-scale models. It shows how to compute the increase in flow level and conditions leading to sudden overtopping.
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