Assessment of overtopping reliability and benefits of a flood detention dam

YANMAZ A. M., Gunindi M. E.

CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING, cilt.35, sa.10, ss.1177-1182, 2008 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 35 Sayı: 10
  • Basım Tarihi: 2008
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1139/l08-052
  • Dergi Adı: CANADIAN JOURNAL OF CIVIL ENGINEERING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1177-1182
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: flood, overtopping, detention dam, probabilistic assessment, reliability, Monte Carlo simulation, multivariate frequency analysis, BIVARIATE, MODEL
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

There is a growing tendency to assess safety levels of existing dams and to design new dams using probabilistic approaches according to project characteristics and site-specific conditions. This study is a probabilistic assessment of the overtopping reliability of a dam, which will be designed for flood detention purpose, and will compute the benefits that can be gained as a result of the implementation of this dam. In a case study, a bivariate flood frequency analysis was carried out using a five-parameter bivariate gamma distribution. A family of joint return period curves relating the runoff peak discharges to the runoff volumes at the dam site was derived. A number of hydrographs were also obtained under a joint return period of 100ayears to observe the variation of overtopping tendency. The maximum reservoir elevation and overtopping reliability were determined by performing a probabilistic reservoir routing based on Monte Carlo simulations.