Insights into the cause of the Oroville dam spillway failure, 2017, California

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Earth internal seepage erosion in weathered bedrock under infrequently used hydraulic structures is often overlooked, which causes some solid particles to break away from the solid skeleton, degrading the earth's strength, and even causing unanticipated hydraulic engineering failures. The flood on the Oroville dam spillway in California in 2017 was caused by disturbed water flow due to a crack in the spillway chute caused by internal erosion in poorly weathered bedrock. The abnormal water flow of the spillway in the early stage and subsequent investigation revealed that the main reason for the accident was the insufficient weathered bedrock under the spillway chute. In this study, we formulated a coupled hydro-mechanical mechanism for internal erosion in weathered bedrock during the early stages. Using this model, we conducted an internal erosion numerical simulation at early stage, and the results showed that the physical characteristics of the weathered bedrock were degraded. Our results show the coupling analysis of quantitative computation during the early stage of internal erosion in weathered bedrock, which can provide an early warning method for the occurrence of internal erosion to avoid hydraulic disasters.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:31

Enthalten in:

Environmental science and pollution research international - 31(2024), 14 vom: 22. März, Seite 21356-21369

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Xingsheng [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chaoyue [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xing [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Jinyu [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Mengke [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Shipeng [VerfasserIn]

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059QF0KO0R
Hydro-mechanical coupling
Internal erosion
Journal Article
Numerical analysis
Spillway
Water
Weathered bedrock

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Date Completed 19.03.2024

Date Revised 19.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11356-024-32462-3

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NLM368789675