Simulating the Effects of Dam Breakage on the Downstream Topography: Morphological Evolution of Mounds and a Furrow

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dc.contributor.authorMagua, Amos Ng'ang'a
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-02T06:50:33Z
dc.date.available2016-03-02T06:50:33Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.descriptionA thesis submitted in partial full lment for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) in Applied Mathematics in the School of Pure and Applied Sciences of Kenyatta University, December 2015en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this work we apply a nite volume discretization technique based on a relaxation scheme to simulate the morphological evolution of the topography as a result of a dam break, that causes ooding downstream of the breach location. The considered mathematical model comprise of shallow water equations coupled with the bed updating equation which is modi ed to account for sediment entrainment process. Thus the model comprises a set of highly nonlinear hyperbolic partial di erential equations written in compact conservation form. In order to ensure that the resulting ux matrices are non-singular and are in compact conservation form, C-formulation was used. This formulation is an unsteady approach where the water ow and bed update are discretised simultaneously. The resulting Jacobian matrices could not be diagnolised easily and the eigenvalues were determined using the formulae for cubic functions as given by Spiegiel and Liu (1999). The non-linear partial di erential equations written in C formulation were rst relaxed into a set of linear hyperbolic system using the relaxation variables ~V = (V1; V2; V3; V4) ; ~W = (W1;W2;W3;W4). The relaxed equations were then discretized spatially (semi-discretization) using the Vanleer's MUSCL scheme which is total variation diminishing, and nally the time discretization (full discretization) was done using implicit-explicit Runge kutta scheme. The numerical model developed was used to simulate dam break ows and sediment transport on topographical surfaces with a deep narrow furrow and a topographic surface with two mounds located downstream of the breach location. Results on simulations showed that the entrainment and bed load transport signi cantly a ected topography containing the furrow. The furrow widened and became shallower. Secondly the entrainment and the bed load sediment transport signi cantly a ected the topography containing the two mounds. The mounds were eroded and there was high depositions of the sediments in the vicinity of the mounds and thirdly the dam break scenario with entrainment had a higher morphological evolution than the dam break scenario without the entrainment. The results thus obtained showed that the model is conservative, accurate, stable, robust, capable of resolving shocks and can handle even more complex geometries including simulations of real life dam break scenarios.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/14330
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.titleSimulating the Effects of Dam Breakage on the Downstream Topography: Morphological Evolution of Mounds and a Furrowen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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