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Title: WinDAM C earthern embankment internal erosion analysis software

Author
item VISSER, KARL - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS, USDA)
item Tejral, Ronald
item NEILSEN, MITCHELL - Kansas State University

Submitted to: State Dam Safety Officials Association Proceedings
Publication Type: Proceedings
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/1/2013
Publication Date: 9/10/2013
Citation: Visser, K.K., Tejral, R.D., Neilsen, M.L. 2013. WinDAM C earthern embankment internal erosion analysis software. In: Dam Safety 2013. Proceedings of the Association of State Dam Safety Officials Annual Conference, September 8-12, 2013, Providence, RI. CDROM.

Interpretive Summary:

Technical Abstract: The USDA has partnered with landowners to build rural flood control dams. Overtopping and internal erosion are the causes of most dam failures. To estimate the peak discharge associated with a dam incident, the USDA-NRCS, -ARS, and Kansas State University have collaboratively developed software. The next expected release, WinDAM C, will analyze breach by internal erosion, in addition to overtopping and auxiliary spillway analysis currently availabe in WinDAM B. The Internal erosion conduit is simulated as rectangluar in cross section, horizontal and perpendicular to longitudinal axis of crest. Erosion is simulated as occuring by detachment along conduit length and by head cut advance at outlet. User must define the conduit's initial geometry, dam geomety and material properties, and reservoir storage and inflow. A wide array of outputs are genearted including peak discharge and time of peak discharge.