Overtopping of Small Dams?An Alternative for Dam Safety

by George R. Powledge, US Bureau of Reclamation, Technical, Review Staff, Denver, CO, USA,
Russell A. Dodge, US Bureau of Reclamation, Technical, Review Staff, Denver, CO, USA,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Hydraulics and Hydrology in the Small Computer Age

Abstract:

A research effort was initiated in 1983 by the Bureau of Reclamation to gain insight in the development of cost-effective modifications to small embankment dams which would enable them to withstand overtopping. A small flume, 3 ft wide by 4 ft high by 30 ft, was constructed to contain the 2. 12-ft-high soil test embankments and flow. The nature and modes of erosion of the small embankments were observed during overtopping flow.

Subject Headings: Embankment dams | Wave overtopping | Hydraulic models | Piping erosion | Dam safety | Soil tests | Financial management

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