CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
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1.1 Need for Dam Break
Modelling
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1.2 Scope of
Work
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1.2.1
Part I: Dam Break Analysis of Different Scenarios Of
Failure 5
1.2.2
Part II: Inundation Mapping for Various Failure
Scenarios
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CHAPTER 2
HEC-RAS DAM BREAK
MODEL
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2.0 Model
Selection
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2.1 Model Stability
During Unsteady Flow Simulation
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2.1.1
Cross-Section Spacing
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2.1.2
Computational Time Step
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2.1.3
Theta Weighing Factor
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2.1.4
Solution Iteration
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2.1.5
Solution tolerances
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2.1.6
Weir and spillway stability factor
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2.2 Model
Limitations
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2.3 Input Data
Requirement
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2.3.1
Reservoir Data
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2.3.2
Catchment Hydrology
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2.3.3
Structural Data
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2.3.4
Topographic Data
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CHAPTER 3
STUDY AREA
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3.1 Mullaperiyar
Dam
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3.2 Salient Features of
Mullaperiyar Dam and its Allied Structures
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CHAPTER 4
HEC-RAS DAM BREAK
MODEL SETUP
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4.1 Model Set Up for
Mullaperiyar Dam
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4.1.1
Periyar River
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4.1.2
Reservoir
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4.1.3
Dam and Spillway
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4.1.4
Upstream Boundary
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4.1.5
Downstream Boundary
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4.1.6
Selection of Breach Parameters
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CHAPTER 5
ANALYSIS AND
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
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5.l Sensitivity
Analysis
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5.1.1
Sensitivity of Manning's roughness (N)
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5.1.2
Sensitivity of breach width (Bw)
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5.1.3
Sensitivity of breach development time (t
f)
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5.1.4
Sensitivity of Probable Maximum Flood (PMF)
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5.1.5
Sensitivity of
Δx (space)
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5.1.6
Sensitivity of
Δt
(space)
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CHAPTER 6
CONCLUSIONS
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