OVERVIEW OF DAM GULLY EROSION RESEARCH

Traditionally gully erosion has been identified with the dissection of the landscape in agricultural settings but it is also recognized as a prevalent erosion feature in earthen dam auxiliary spillways and embankments. Flows through earthen spillways and over dam embankments, due to large rainfall events, have the potential to erode and breach the dam or spillway and result in catastrophic releases from the reservoir. The gully erosion process in an earthen spillway or on an embankment can be characterized by stages of initiation, development, and migration of a headcut. A headcut is defined as a near vertical drop at the upstream end of a gully. The rate of headcut migration is important in determining the breach potential of an earthen spillway and dam embankment. A research program is being conducted to examine the gully erosion processes of earthen dam auxiliary spillways and embankments. This paper describes: 1) the unique test facilities constructed to examine the dominant factors affecting the erosion of earthen spillways and embankments; 2) the observations of the erosion processes and results to date; and 3) the predictive relationships that have been developed for dam gully erosion research at the ARS Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit laboratory in Stillwater, OK.

作 者： G. J. HANSON D. M. TEMPLE K. M. ROBINSON K. R. COOK   作者單位： G. J. HANSON(USDA-ARS HERU Stillwater，OK greg)

D. M. TEMPLE(USDA-ARS HERU Stillwater，OK darrel)

K. M. ROBINSON(USDA-NRCS ENTSC Greensboro, NC kerry)

K. R. COOK(USDA-NRCS State Office, Stillwater, OK Kevin) 

刊 名： 國際泥沙研究（英文版）  SCI 英文刊名： INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEDIMENT RESEARCH  年，卷(期)： 2005 20(3)  分類號： P3  關鍵詞： Dams   Erosion   Spillways   Embankments   Gullies   Headcut   Breach  

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