Evolution Pattern of Tailings Flow from Dam Failure and the Buffering Effect of Debris Blocking Dams
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Model and Computational Method
2.1. Simulation Model and Boundary Conditions
2.2. Computational Parameters
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Various Downstream Riverbed Slope Conditions
3.1.1. Flow Depth of Leaked Tailings
3.1.2. Flow Rate of Leaked Tailings
3.1.3. Impact Force of Leaked Tailings Flow
3.2. Effects of Debris Blocking Dam on Tailings Flow
3.2.1. Flow Depth of Leaked Tailings
3.2.2. Flow Rate of Leaked Tailings
3.2.3. Impact Force of Leaked Tailings Flow
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Simulation Parameters | Values | |
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Fluid relative density (g/cm3) | 1.8 | |
Retardation coefficient of laminar flow | 2285 | |
Manning coefficient in passage zone | 0.05 | |
Parameters of yield stress coefficients | 0.128 | |
12 | ||
Parameters of viscous force coefficients | 0.0473 | |
21 |
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Wang, G.; Tian, S.; Hu, B.; Xu, Z.; Chen, J.; Kong, X. Evolution Pattern of Tailings Flow from Dam Failure and the Buffering Effect of Debris Blocking Dams. Water 2019, 11, 2388. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112388
Wang G, Tian S, Hu B, Xu Z, Chen J, Kong X. Evolution Pattern of Tailings Flow from Dam Failure and the Buffering Effect of Debris Blocking Dams. Water. 2019; 11(11):2388. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112388
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Guangjin, Sen Tian, Bin Hu, Zhifa Xu, Jie Chen, and Xiangyun Kong. 2019. "Evolution Pattern of Tailings Flow from Dam Failure and the Buffering Effect of Debris Blocking Dams" Water 11, no. 11: 2388. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112388