Table 1. Physical characteristics and breach data used in this study.


Dam/Reservoir

Vr (m3)

Qp(m3/s)

tf (hr)

Wb (m)

Db (m)

Wd (m)

Hd (m)

F
S
Sf
Break Neck Run Dam, Pennsylvania
4.93x104
9.2
3
30.48
7.00
63.00
7.00
0.0052
0.4838
0.27265
Lake Avalon Dam, New Mexico
7.77x106
2321.9
2
137.16
14.63
420.6
14.63
0.0966
0.3261
0.10862
Sherburne Dam, New York
7.52x104
14.2
3
45.72
10.36
91.44
10.36
0.0029
0.5000
0.57595
Dells Dam Wisconsin
1.30x107
5434.9
0.67
112.77
17.98
292.61
17.98
0.2018
0.3854
0.04563
Hatfield Dam, Wisconsin
1.22x107
3397.9
2
91.44
6.70
137.16
6.70
0.6841
0.6667
0.00688
Horse Creek Dam, Denver, Colorado
2.09x107
3883.2
3
60.96
12.80
182.88
16.76
0.4441
0.2545
0.00894
Hatchtown Dam, Salt Lake City, Utah
1.48x107
1970.8
4
36.57
19.80
237.74
19.81
0.1953
0.1538
0.01164
Goose Creek Dam, South Carolina
1.06x107
492.7
12
30.48
3.96
701.04
6.09
0.6549
0.0282
0.01228
Mammoth Dam, Colorado
1.35x107
2520.1
3
9.14
21.34
48.77
21.34
0.8929
0.1874
0.00071
Puddingstone Dam, California
6.16x105
283.2
3
91.44
10.67
251.46
15.24
0.0284
0.2546
0.56886
Hemet Dam, California
8.63x106
1600
3
30.48
6.09
83.21
6.09
1.1135
0.3663
0.00791
Elk City Dam, Oklahoma
7.40x105
608.79
0.83
45.72
9.14
259.08
9.14
0.1538
0.1764
0.14630
Sinker Creek Dam, Idaho
3.33x106
926
2
91.44
21.34
335.28
21.34
0.0328
0.2727
0.19646
Frenchman Dam, Montana
8.64x106
1602.68
3
243.84
12.19
884.00
12.19
0.0493
0.2758
0.30412
Baldwin Hills Reservoir, California
1.11x106
141.58
4.5
121.92
48.77
167.64
48.77
0.0011
0.7272
0.89801
Lake Latonka Mercer, Pennsylvania
1.59x106
294.48
3
33.53
13.11
701.00
13.11
0.0591
0.0478
0.19380
Nanaksagar Dam, India
2.10x108
9709.5
12
45.72
15.85
3218.68
15.85
1.0745
0.0142
0.01111
Whitewater Brook, New Hampshire
5.18x105
70.79
3
6.4
6.1
137.16
18.90
0.2344
0.0151
0.03203
Knife Lake Dam, Minnesota
9.86x106
1098.66
5
12.19
6.09
60.96
6.09
1.9100
0.2000
0.00046
Teton Dam, Idaho
3.08x108
46786.5
4
45.72
79.55
945.00
92.96
0.4605
0.0414
0.01304
Euclides da Cunha Dam, Brazil
1.36x107
1005.2
7.25
131.06
53.00
304.80
53.00
0.0063
0.4300
0.15567
Armando de Salles Oliveira , Brazil
2.59x107
7195.0
2
167.64
35.00
660.00
35.00
0.0662
0.2540
0.14952
Kelly Barnes Lake, Toccoa, Georgia
4.93x105
549.0
0.5
137.16
7.92
152.40
7.92
0.0573
0.9000
0.33581
Dam near Frankfurt, Germany
3.51x105
79.28
2.5
9.45
9.75
120.00
9.75
0.0879
0.0787
0.03150