Objective Flooding following the breaching of a dam is an important risk for many isolated communities and centres of population in Europe. Fortunately such catastrophic events are rare but the unexpected nature of the event can add to the human impact of the disaster. In the past, dam failures worldwide have led to many casualties and huge economic damages. Despite the improvement in construction techniques and safety measures, the increase in the total number of active dams around the world, together with the ageing of existing structures create a permanent threat of bodily and property damage and loss in industrialised, developing and third world countries. Before reaching the required levels of certainty and accuracy for dam break modelling, a considerable amount of validation work must be done by the research community as well as by the practising engineers. Calibration and comparison of different computing tools as well as critical evaluation of the usefulness of the output produced can only be accomplished by a multinational team of researchers and engineers, both with the aim of work sharing and independent check of the results. The overall aims of the Concerted Action may be summarised as being: A1. to exchange information between participants, i.e. universities and industrial companies; A2. to promote the comparison of numerical dam-break models with analytical, experimental and field data; A3. to promote the comparison and validation of software packages developed or used by the participants; A4. to define and promote co-operative research. The Concerted Action will consist of four meetings over a period of two years. A Steering Group will be responsible for the delivery of the outputs from the Concerted Action. The main outputs of this Concerted Action will be: i To establish the needs of industry and create a network of European experts in this fieldii To disseminate findings through: a The publication of meeting papers b Publication of guidelines / current best practice for dam-break assessmentiii To create a portfolio of test cases for dam-break software iv To determine future RTD requirements linked with industry needs Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware Programme(s) FP4-ENV 2C - Specific programme of research and technological development in the field of environment and climate, 1994-1998 Topic(s) 020301 - Hydrological and hydrogeological risks Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CON - Coordination of research actions Coordinator H R Wallingford Group Ltd Address Howberry park OX10 8BA Wallingford United Kingdom See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (20) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DU MACHINISME AGRICOLE, DU GENIE RURAL, DES EAUX ET DES FORETS France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 3 bis,quai chauveau 3 bis 69336 Lyon See on map ENEL SPA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via pozzobonelli 6 20162 Milano See on map FOUNDATION FOR TECHNICAL AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AT THE NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Norway EU contribution € 0,00 Address 153,rich. birkelandsvei 3 7465 Trondheim See on map Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Rouen France EU contribution € 0,00 Address Place emile blondel 76131 Mont-saint-aignan See on map Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil Portugal EU contribution € 0,00 Address 101,avenida do brasil 1799 Lisboa See on map Politechnika Gdanska Poland EU contribution € 0,00 Address 11-12,narutowicza 80 952 Gdansk-wrzeszcz See on map The Manchester Metropolitan University United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Chester street M15 6BH Manchester See on map UNIVERSIDAD DE ZARAGOZA Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address 3,maria de luna 3 50015 Zaragoza See on map UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI PADOVA Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via loredan 20 35131 Padova See on map UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via santa marta 3 50139 Firenze See on map UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address Woodhouse lane LS2 9JT Leeds See on map UNIVERSITY OF THE FEDERAL ARMED FORCES MUNICH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Werner-heisenberg-weg 39 85577 Neubiberg See on map UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI TRENTO Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via mesiano di povo 77 38100 Trento See on map Universidade de Santiago de Compostela Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address 15706 Santiago de compostela See on map Université Catholique de Louvain Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 1,place du levant 1 1348 Louvain-la-neuve See on map Université Libre de Bruxelles Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 164,rue de l'abattoir 6200 Chatelet See on map Université de Bordeaux I France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 351,cours de la libération 33405 Talence See on map Université de Liège Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 6,quai banning 4000 Liège See on map Vattenfall Utveckling AB Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address 810 70 Aelvkarleby See on map Électricité de France (EDF) France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 6 quai watier 78401 Chatou See on map