Abstract
Levee overtopping creates large scoured region at the landside, which greatly affects the levee performance. Both 3D and 2D experiments were conducted to analyze the downstream scour profile after levee overtopping. For elucidating the difference of scour pattern under various overtopping water depth and width conditions, 3D scour profiles are investigated. In addition, vertical 2D scour profiles are also investigated to compare the 3D scour profiles with 2D experiment results. From the analysis, it has been observed that for overtopping width (Wbank) to levee height (hbank) ratio of 6 to 8, multiple scour holes appear with overtopping height (dbank) to levee height (hbank) ratio of 0.1 to 0.2, while for same Wbank/hbank, two scour holes are created when dbank/hbank=0.25 to 0.3. Comparison of 2D and 3D scour data sets at downstream scour profiles shows that 3D experiments tend to create larger scour depth and shorter scour length than 2D cases. This result indicates the importance of 3D experimental analysis for levee design.
