Numerical Investigation of Impulse Waves Impacting on Dams
(2022)
Conference Proceeding
Attili, T., Heller, V., & Triantafyllou, S. (2022). Numerical Investigation of Impulse Waves Impacting on Dams. In Proceedings of the 39th IAHR World Congress (Granada, 2022) (2222-2229). https://doi.org/10.3850/IAHR-39WC252171192022107
Impulse waves are generated by landslides, rockfalls and iceberg calving in water bodies such as lakes and reservoirs. These waves represent a persistent danger for dams, e.g. in the 1963 Vajont disaster an impulse wave impacted and overtopped the Va... Read More about Numerical Investigation of Impulse Waves Impacting on Dams.