Breaching of Earthen Dam and Dike Structures: Lessons Learned from Recent Field, Laboratory, and Numerical Studies
Journal: Journal of Hydraulic Research
The breaching of earthen dams and dikes occurs throughout the world with a troubling frequency. Recent breaches of large dams in Libya (2023) and Sudan (2024), and of major river dikes in the USA (2019) and Central Europe (2021), have had disastrous humanitarian and societal consequences. The recency and magnitude of these structural failures underscore the need for better understanding of this topic. Improved compr…