考虑梯级坝级联溃决的生命损失评估与预警决策
彭铭 , 季思同 , 孙蕊 , 朱艳 , 杨鸽 , 曹子君 , 白泽文
地球科学 ›› 2025, Vol. 50 ›› Issue (10) : 3776 -3794.
考虑梯级坝级联溃决的生命损失评估与预警决策
Assessment of Life Loss and Early Warning Strategies under Cascading Failures of Cascade Dams
梯级坝级联溃决引发的洪水放大效应显著提升下游生命风险,亟需系统化的风险评估与预警决策方法.构建了融合“洪水演进模拟-生命损失评估-预警决策”的分析框架.基于不同类型坝体的溃口参数与地形数据,采用二维水动力模型模拟级联溃决过程,引入HURAM模型量化不同风险区域生命损失率,并构建预警疏散时间与总疏散损失的响应关系,确定“最优”预警决策.以清江流域为例,模拟假设发生千年一遇洪水并诱发三座梯级坝级联溃决场景.结果表明,该方法框架能系统性评估级联溃决的生命损失风险与制定合理的预警决策,级联溃决显著放大洪峰流量,隔河岩(8.29%),高坝洲(47.05%),同时受上游坝体结构与“U”型河谷地形影响,坝前水位提升而溃决洪水流量削弱;级联溃决二维模型较一维模型更精细刻画风险区,生命损失风险提高约5.3%;在高坝洲溃坝前3.4 h启动预警,可使疏散总损失降至最低(约8.70亿元).级联溃决放大效应受地形与坝体结构共同调控,生命损失率受水深等致灾因子的非线性影响显著增强,相应成果为梯级坝级联溃决灾害的风险评估与应急管理提供了可行路径与理论支撑.
Cascading failures of cascade dams significantly amplify downstream life risk due to the flood magnification effect, highlighting the urgent need for a systematic framework for risk assessment and early warning decision-making. This study proposes an integrated analytical framework that couples flood evolution simulation, life loss estimation, and early warning optimization. A two-dimensional hydrodynamic model is employed to simulate cascading dam-break scenarios based on breach parameters of different dam types and high-resolution terrain data. The HURAM model is used to quantify life loss rates across varying risk zones. Furthermore, a response relationship between early warning lead time and total evacuation loss is established to identify the optimal warning strategy. Using the Qingjiang River Basin as a case study, a hypothetical scenario involving three sequential dam failures triggered by a 1-in-1 000-year flood is simulated. The results demonstrate that the proposed framework enables comprehensive life loss risk assessment and informed early warning decisions under cascading failure conditions. Compared to single dam failure, cascading breaches increase peak flood discharges by 8.29% at Geheyan and 47.05% at Gaobazhou. However, due to the influence of upstream dam structures and U-shaped valley topography, local flood attenuation occurs despite upstream water level rise. The two-dimensional model captures terrain and velocity distribution more accurately, resulting in an approximately 5.3% increase in estimated life loss risk relative to the one-dimensional model. To minimize evacuation loss, the optimal early warning time is determined as 3.4 hours before Gaobazhou dam failure, reducing total economic loss to approximately 870 million CNY. The results highlight that the flood amplification effect is constrained by both terrain and dam structure, while life loss is highly sensitive to non-linear interactions with hazard parameters such as water depth. This study provides a practical approach and theoretical foundation for cascading dam failure risk management.
梯级坝 / 级联溃决 / 生命损失评估 / 预警决策 / 洪水放大效应 / 工程地质学.
cascade dams / cascading failure / life loss assessment / early warning decision-making / flood magnification effect / engineering geology
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