Research Article

Research on the Overtopping-Induced Breaching Mechanism of Tailings Dam and Its Numerical Simulation

Table 4

Comparison of results simulated by two models.

ā€‰Calculated results
The proposed modelThe selected modelMeasured data
Qp (m3/s)B (m)b (m)tp (h)Qp (m3/s)B (m)b (m)tp (h)Qp (m3/s)B (m)b (m)tp (h)

Case 123.219.214.830.12423.499.214.830.43723.219.214.830.124
Case 219.649.784.460.14919.829.474.260.49619.649.784.460.149