Abstract

OCHOA RIVERA, Juan Camilo. DESIGN OF EMERGENCY PLANS DUE TO THE FAILURE RISK OF HYDRAULIC WORKS - THEORY AND CASE STUDY. Dyna rev.fac.nac.minas [online]. 2006, vol.73, n.148, pp.51-67. ISSN 0012-7353.

Dams are built to be highly safe hydraulic works. Nevertheless, they are not exempt from a certain failure risk, which turns in a variable value along the time service of the dam. As the mentioned dam-failure risk can be a significant hazard, analysis on dam-break is becoming important, as same as the assessment of its consequences. This type of studies are intended to reduce the costs linked to dam-failure, which are mainly due to the losses of human beings and material goods. A suitable way to minimize such losses consists of designing Emergency Plans, which permit to prepare and implant appropriate protection measures. A methodological framework to carry out this kind of Emergency Plans is introduced in this paper, accompanied by a case study corresponding to an Emergency Plan of a Spanish dam.

Keywords : Dam-breach; emergency plans; dambreak modeling; FLDWAV.