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Article Numerical Study of Breaching at Upper Parts of Homogenous Earthen Dams(Springer Heidelberg, 2025) Dumlu, Emre; Guney, Mehmet Sukru; Okan, Merve; Ozden, Guerkan; Tayfur, GokmenIn this study, time-dependent finite element analyses of the breaching process in two homogenous earth-fill dams were performed using the finite element method. Breaching was initiated at the middle and corner sections of the upper part of the dam bodies. The numerical results were compared with the findings of the experiments realized on dams 60 cm high, 2 m wide at bottom, 20 cm wide at crest with 1 V:1.5H side slopes at upstream and downstream faces. This numerical study combines time-dependent hydraulic gradient distributions and groundwater flows to assess breach areas, velocities, and flow rates. A Python algorithm was integrated with the Jupyter console, allowing the simulation of the breach mechanism in multiple runs to determine breach parameters. Both numerical and experimental analyses revealed that the dams were exposed to backward erosion, starting at the downstream side of the dam and progressing inward. The compatibility between experimental and numerical results was sought by means of the parameters RMSE, MAE and the statistical performance of the numerical approach was evaluated by using RSR, NSE, and PBIAS. A fairly good agreement was obtained between the experimental and numerical results.Conference Object Citation - WoS: 2Citation - Scopus: 3Experimental Study of the Evolution of the Breach and the Discharge Through the Breach Resulting From Piping Due To Seepage at the Earth-Fill Dam Top(Iahr-int Assoc Hydro-environment Engineering Research, 2022) Guney, Mehmet Sukru; Okan, Merve; Dumlu, Emre; Bor, Asli; Aklik, Pelin; Tayfu, GokmenInternal erosion, also known as piping, is one of the most important causes of earth-fill dam breaks. Many researchers dealing with numerical analyses in this area make some simplified assumptions about the shape of the breach and the discharge of water flowing through the breach. This study was conducted in the scope of the project supported financially by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey and it consists of experimental study which aims to provide data needed to perform numerical analyses with more realistic approaches. A dam with a height of 0.6 m, a bottom width of 2 m and a crest width of 0.20 m was built in a flume 1 m wide, 0.81 m high and 6.14 m long. Before the construction of the dam, some common soil mechanics tests were carried out. The dam was constructed by using a mixture consisting of 85 % sand and 15 % clay. A circular tunnel with a diameter of 2 cm was created along the centerline at 6 cm below the dam crest. In the closed system, water was pumped from the lower reservoir to the upper channel. Six cameras located at different locations recorded the evolution of the dam failure. Gauss Area formula was applied to determine the time-varied of the breach areas at upstream and downstream sides. The discharge of water through the breach and average flow velocity were determined by using the continuity equation. The changes in water depth in the channel were also recorded.