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Experimental Investigation of Landslide Dam Failure Influenced By
Initial Moisture Content and Manual Intervention
LIU Jie1,2, YAN Ting2,3, ZHOU Chuanxing1,CHEN Wei1
2019, 38(03):
60-67.
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-0696.2019.03.10
In order to explore the landslide dam failure process influenced by initial moisture content, five flume dam-
breaking experiments were tested based on initial moisture content of 19.59%,8.9%,5.5%,4.2%,2.97% respectively. According
to the investigation results of initial moisture content, the influence of manual intervention measures on the breach flow
during the process of dam breaking was discussed by throwing different size of rocks. The experiment results indicate
that: firstly,when the initial moisture content of the dam is 5.50%, the peak flow during the dam breaking process of
landslide dam is 0.005 5 m3/s. If the moisture content is higher than the high moisture content case (19.59%,8.9%)and low
moisture content case (4.2%,2.97%), it is the most disadvantageous initial moisture content. Secondly,the higher the
initial moisture content of the dam body is,the faster the “steep ridge” of breach spreads to upstream during the dam
breaking process.The nearer the narrowest contraction point of the breach is to the upstream of the dam body, the wider
the width of the final breach is. Thirdly,with the decrease of initial moisture content of dam body, the time of dam
breaking is prolonged correspondingly and the occurrence time of breach peak flow is delayed correspondingly.
Finally,under the most disadvantageous initial moisture content case,throwing stones at the entrance of the breach can
reduce the peak flow of the breach, and the peak flow of the breach can be reduced by 5.45%, 10.9% and 14.55%
respectively, comparing with the conditions without throwing stones. Moreover, the peak flow appears time lag.The test
results show that the initial moisture content of dam body is a very important factor in the process of dam breaking, and
it is effective and obvious to control the flow of dam breaking by throwing stones.
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