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Analysis of Flooding Caused by the Hypothetical Failure Flows of the Los Ejidos Dam

  • Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas

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Abstract

The major problem currently presented by the arrival of the El Niño Phenomenon is flooding due to changes in meteorological conditions, causing damage to civil works such as bridges, roads, dams and reservoirs, irrigation canals, population centers, etc. This study aims to analyze flood areas caused by hypothetical burst flows from the Los Ejidos dam to the Andrés Avelino Cáceres bridge and along the Piura River channel. Hydraulic modeling is carried out using Iber software (version 2.5.2) considering three dam break flow scenarios using the equations of. Finally, this study demonstrates that the breakage flow of the equation presents a greater range of overflow with maximum velocities of 1.521 m/s, peak flow of 6795.3 m3/s, affecting the population of the city of Piura, Urb. Miraflores, Urb. Miraflores Country Club and Open Plaza, in addition to generating a flooding area of 50.79 hectares on the left lateral bank and 42.63 hectares on the right lateral bank in the Piura River channel.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 10th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Materials Science - ICCEMS 2025
EditorsZongjin Li
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages279-288
Number of pages10
ISBN (Print)9789819558063
DOIs
StatePublished - 2026
Event10th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Materials Science, ICCEMS 2025 - Chiang Mai, Thailand
Duration: 2 Jul 20255 Jul 2025

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume797 LNCE
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Civil Engineering and Materials Science, ICCEMS 2025
Country/TerritoryThailand
CityChiang Mai
Period2/07/255/07/25

Keywords

  • Analysis of flooding
  • Breaking flow
  • Hydraulic simulation
  • Hypothetical failure dam

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