The IMPACT Project - Continuing European Research on Dambreak Processes and the Failure of Flood Fmbankments

摘要

The CADAM project (Concerted Action on Dambreak Modelling) highlighted areas where our understanding of dambreak failure and extreme flood processes was poor and which contributed greatly to uncertainty in the prediction of potential flood conditions resulting from the failure of a dam or flood defences. The IMPACT project (Investigation of Extreme Flood Processes and Uncertainty) focuses research in three of these areas; namely Breach Formation, Flood Routing and Sediment Movement with the objectives of improving understanding of these basic processes and developing tools and methodologies for their more accurate and reliable prediction. Work also focuses on identifying the uncertainty associated with the prediction of these processes and subsequently the implications for end user applications, such as emergency planning.