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http://dx.doi.org/10.12814/jkgss.2017.16.1.041

Model Tests for Examination of Overflow Failure Mechanism on River Levee  

Kim, Jin-Man (Geotechnical Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Park, Min-Cheol (Department of Civil Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
Moon, In-Jong (Geotechnical Engineering Research Institute, Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology)
Jin, Yoon-Hwa (Department of Civil Engineering, Kumoh National Institute of Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Geosynthetics Society / v.16, no.1, 2017 , pp. 41-52 More about this Journal
Abstract
This research conducted the two types of model tests to examine the failure parameters by levee overflow, those were the pilot-scale levee (model height 0.4~0.8 m) and real scale levee (model height 1.0 m). The procedure of levee failure by overflow was succeeded to the following three steps: At first step, the local scouring on levee slope was happened and the overflow velocity was increased slowly. At second step, the enlarged scouring surface and the rapid overflow velocity were succeeded. At last, the levee section was broken totally and the overflow velocity was decreased because of the wide failure surface of levee. The levee failure angle (${\theta}$) was appeared bigger than slope failure angle of Rankine earth pressure. The enlarged levee height (H) made the faster overflow velocity (${\upsilon}$) of the levees, therefore additional tractive force was applied to it, futhermore the failure angle (${\theta}$) and failure surface (A) were enlarged. Because the sand sample for pilot-scale and real scale tests had the same diameter, the critical scouring velocity of each type was also the same, and the scouring properties were governed by variation of overflow velocity.
Keywords
Levee; Overflow failure; Levee breach; Levee failure angle; Levee failure rate;
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