Victor M. Ponce - Celerity in shallow wave propagation

DAM-BREACH FLOOD WAVE PROPAGATION USING DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS
(Ponce, V. M., A. Taher-shamsi and A. V. Shetty, 2003. ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 129(10), 777-782)

Variation of the normalized peak unit-width discharge with dimensionless distance
downstream of the dam breach; hydrograph volume = 54000 m3; channel bed slope = 0.001.

 

Variation of the normalized peak unit-width discharge with dimensionless distance
downstream of the dam breach; hydrograph volume = 108000 m3; channel bed slope = 0.0001.

 

Variation of the dam-breach Froude number with dimensionless distance
downstream of the dam breach; hydrograph volume = 27000 m3.