Title : 
Numerical Simulations of Dam Break Flow on Complicated Terrain Using VOF Method
         
        
            Author : 
Liu Aiming ; Xiong Aokui ; Liu Xueyan
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Transp., Wuhan Univ. of Technol., Wuhan, China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The dam-break problem is important in the design and management of hydraulic engineering. In order to study the spread of dam-break flow on complicated terrain, three-dimensional numerical simulations of the dam-break flow were carried out using VOF in this paper. The results are agreement with experimental data. The complex flow characteristics flood wave propagation process of three-dimensional dam-break flood are demonstrated, which provides scientific basis for the analysis and prevention of disaster caused by dam destruction.
         
        
            Keywords : 
computational fluid dynamics; dams; floods; flow simulation; hydrodynamics; numerical analysis; water waves; VOF method; complex flow characteristics; complicated terrain; dam destruction; dam-break flow; dam-break problem; disaster; flood wave propagation process; hydraulic engineering; three-dimensional numerical simulations; threedimensional dam-break flood; volume-of-fluid method; Buildings; Equations; Floods; Fluids; Force; Mathematical model; Surface waves; VOF; dam-break; numerical simulation;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Mechanical and Automation Engineering (MAEE), 2013 International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Jiujang
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/MAEE.2013.64