Breach (Water Overlay)

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A Breach area can be used to simulate a breach in a levee.

A breach area can be defined via the BREACH_HEIGHT attribute. It can have an input area or external area with a water body outside of the hydrological model. Water can flow through the breach form the input (or external area) into the breach area just behind the levee and vise versa.

Features

  • The breach can grow over time, based on its initial width and the critical speed at which water may flow, see Breach_growth_formula_(Water_Overlay). If a BREACH_WIDTH is defined, the breach's polygon is intersected with a circle emanating from the centerpoint of the polygon. It is only in that intersection, dubbed the "active breach", that water will flow in from the simulated external water body. The radius of the circle defining the intersection will expand as water flows, based on the critical speed of the water as defined in the BREACH_SPEED attribute.
  • The terrain covered by the entire breach area is adjusted to the minimum height defined by its BREACH_HEIGHT attribute. This is to prevent the terrain height from interfering with the flow.
  • Water flowing through or across a breach will flow in the direction defined by the BREACH_ANGLE attribute, regardless of whether the water flowed onto the breach from elsewhere in the water model, or from the simulated external water body. If no BREACH_ANGLE is defined, water can flow in any direction. Adding this attribute with also convert the breach advection speed (m/s) into the 2D cell of the breach area. It is recommended to always use this attribute for optimal flow.
  • If no BREACH_SPEED attribute is defined, the active breach will never grow. If no width is defined, the width is assumed to be very large, creating an intersection exactly the size of the polygon.
  • The BREACH_HEIGHT attribute can also have multiple values over time, this allows you this simulate the breach vertical growth.

Notes

  • When using breach growth the inner water level is computed from the average value in the active breach area. For optimal flow simulation it is therefor recommended to place the breach area just behind the levee on a flat space.
  • Water on a breach area is automatically spread across the entire active breach area equally.
  • The inner and outer water levels are visualized per timeframe on the breach object in the 3D map, these can be very useful to see how the breach is progressing.