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Water–sediment flow modeling for field case studies in Southwest China

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This paper presents a highly robust numerical model to simulate water–sediment mixture flows in practical field studies. The model is composed of an integrated algorithm combining the finite element characteristic splitting method and finite volume Godunov scheme. The former maintains the generality and stability of the numerical algorithm, while the latter ensures the conservation and accuracy of the model. The proposed model is first tested by three benchmark flow problems including flood flow in a pool, dam break over a mobile bed, and morphological process of a dam removal. Then, the model is applied to two practical field case studies to demonstrate its potential engineering values. The first case study is related to the damage of the Polo Hydropower Plant by a sediment flooding event. The second one is the investigation of a well-known 2013 dam-break flooding that happened in the Tangjiashan Mountain. It is shown that the simulated water and sediment flows are in good agreement with the documented laboratory and field data, and the numerical model is capable of providing useful information on the flow predictions, thus making further engineering measures to mitigate these disasters.

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Acknowledgments

This research work is supported by the Start-up Grant for the Young Teachers of Sichuan University (No. 2014SCU11056), National Science and Technology Support Plan (No. 2012BAB0513B0), and Open Fund of the State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, Sichuan University (No. SKHL1409). Finally, we kindly acknowledge the constructive discussions with Dr Jaan Hui Pu at Bradford University, UK, during the manuscript preparations.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics and Mountain River Engineering, College of Water Resource and Hydropower, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610065, China

    Ridong Chen & Xingnian Liu

  2. Department of Civil and Structural Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK

    Songdong Shao

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Chen, R., Shao, S. & Liu, X. Water–sediment flow modeling for field case studies in Southwest China. Nat Hazards 78, 1197–1224 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-1765-z

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