Flow and detailed 3D morphodynamic data from laboratory experiments of fluvial dike breaching.

ABSTRACT: This paper presents a dataset obtained from fifty four laboratory experiments of the breaching of fluvial dikes due to flow overtopping. Data were collected on two complementary experimental setups, each consisting of a main channel representing the river, an erodible lateral dike and a floodplain. The dataset covers seven test series, involving varying hydraulic boundary conditions (e.g. inflow discharge, downstream boundary conditions), main channel dimensions, as well as bottom and dike material. The following experimental data were produced: time series of water levels in the main channel, time series of flow discharges in the main channel and through the breach, as well as high resolution 3D reconstructions of the breach geometry during its expansion. The latter measurements were perf

SUBMITTER: Rifai I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6514018 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature