Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 1 Flood propagation The isolated building test case Université catholique de Louvain Sandra Soares Frazão and Yves Zech

Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 2 The isolated building test case Experimental set-up –plane view

Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 3 The isolated building test case Experimental set-up –cross section in channel and reservoir

Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 4 The isolated building test case Experimental set-up –cross section at dam location

Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 5 The isolated building test case Experimental set-up –Location of the gauges

Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 6 The isolated building test case Physical characteristics –Manning friction coefficient : 0.01 s m -1/3 –Dam and building are impermeable –Upstream boundary condition : wall –Downstream boundary condition : no influence during test duration

Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 7 The isolated building test case Preliminary experiments

Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 8 The isolated building test case Preliminary experiments

Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 9 The isolated building test case Preliminary experiments

Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 10 The isolated building test case Existing measurements –Water level at gauging points Foreseen measurements –Velocity at gauging points –Surface-velocity by digital imaging –Pressure forces against building

Mo i Rana - September 2002 Flood propagation - UCL benchmark 11 The isolated building test case Expected results –Water level and velocity at gauging points –Snapshot of the flow water surface velocity field t = 1 s 5 s 10 s 20 s