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Survey and Characteristics of the Submersion Wave due to the Sudden Opening of the Bottom Outlet of Alto Mora Dam (Italy)

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Floods and Flood Management

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Several numerical algorithms able to simulate the transcritical flow and the front propagation in open channels have been studied and tested by comparison with theoretical solutions (when available) or with laboratory experiments and then used for real world simulations.

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Braschi, G., Gallati, M. (1992). Survey and Characteristics of the Submersion Wave due to the Sudden Opening of the Bottom Outlet of Alto Mora Dam (Italy). In: Saul, A.J. (eds) Floods and Flood Management. Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1630-5_17

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