DAM_Explorer: A Modeling Framework for Assessing the Physical Response of Streams to Dam Removal

Abstract

Dam removals and modifications are increasing areas of focus for US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Districts from several standpoints: design of restoration projects and quantifying potential environmental impacts (Operations, Continuing Authorities Projects, Support for Others, and General Investigations) and the evaluation of permit applications (Regulatory). Physical response of the reservoir bed and downstream channel boundary as well as multiple parameters of sediment dynamics are topics of central interest in dam removals and modifications. Knowledge of sediment behavior and geomorphic response of the system to the removal or modification alternatives is central to the decision process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA508440

Entities

People

  • Chris Wallen
  • Jock Conyngham

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Boundaries
  • Dynamics
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Grain Size
  • Information Operations
  • Payload
  • Reservoirs
  • Sediments
  • Shear Stresses
  • Simulations
  • Technology Transfer
  • Three Dimensional
  • Water Quality

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation