Chabrouh Dam Breach Study

Chabrouh Dam, one of the largest dams in Lebanon after Karoun Dam, is 73 meters tall and will store 125 million cubic meters of water for use in the greater Beirut region. The dam will collect water during winter and spring to be used during summer and fall. 

TB Associates was tasked with studying the impact of any possible disruption to the structure of the dam. This was done by: the development of a one-dimensional dam breach model and inundation analysis, as well as a three-dimensional computational fluid dynamic breaching model. The two models were then used to map floodplains and hazards.

The study showed that any major failure would lead to immense material damage and the loss of life in the surrounding areas.

Location

Lebanon 

Owner

Council for Development & Reconstruction