[article]
Titre : |
Reducing erosion of earthen levees using engineered flood wall surface |
Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
Auteurs : |
Chung R. Song, Auteur ; Jinwon Kim, Auteur ; Ge Wang, Auteur |
Année de publication : |
2012 |
Article en page(s) : |
pp. 874-881 |
Note générale : |
Géotechnique |
Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
Mots-clés : |
Erosion Levee Hydrodynamics Overtopping UMETB Louisiana |
Index. décimale : |
624.1 Infrastructures.Ouvrages en terre. Fondations. Tunnels |
Résumé : |
Erosion was one of the major causes for the failure of New Orleans levee system during Hurricane Katrina. Protection of flood walls from erosion failure can be achieved in many different ways. This study consisted of experimental research to develop engineered flood wall surfaces that can reduce the erosion energy of the plunging water before the water hits the levee surface, so that the flood protection system becomes more resilient. Test results were compared to hydrodynamics simulation results by using FLOW3D. The results revealed that the erosion resistance of levees can be substantially reduced by providing protective structures at the surface of the flood walls. An effectively designed protective structure could reduce the erosion depth as much as 40% and extend the erosion time as much as 400%.
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DEWEY : |
624.1 |
ISSN : |
1090-0241 |
En ligne : |
http://ascelibrary.org/gto/resource/1/jggefk/v137/i10/p874_s1?isAuthorized=no |
in Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering > Vol. 137 N° 10 (Octobre 2011) . - pp. 874-881
[article] Reducing erosion of earthen levees using engineered flood wall surface [texte imprimé] / Chung R. Song, Auteur ; Jinwon Kim, Auteur ; Ge Wang, Auteur . - 2012 . - pp. 874-881. Géotechnique Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Journal of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering > Vol. 137 N° 10 (Octobre 2011) . - pp. 874-881
Mots-clés : |
Erosion Levee Hydrodynamics Overtopping UMETB Louisiana |
Index. décimale : |
624.1 Infrastructures.Ouvrages en terre. Fondations. Tunnels |
Résumé : |
Erosion was one of the major causes for the failure of New Orleans levee system during Hurricane Katrina. Protection of flood walls from erosion failure can be achieved in many different ways. This study consisted of experimental research to develop engineered flood wall surfaces that can reduce the erosion energy of the plunging water before the water hits the levee surface, so that the flood protection system becomes more resilient. Test results were compared to hydrodynamics simulation results by using FLOW3D. The results revealed that the erosion resistance of levees can be substantially reduced by providing protective structures at the surface of the flood walls. An effectively designed protective structure could reduce the erosion depth as much as 40% and extend the erosion time as much as 400%.
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DEWEY : |
624.1 |
ISSN : |
1090-0241 |
En ligne : |
http://ascelibrary.org/gto/resource/1/jggefk/v137/i10/p874_s1?isAuthorized=no |
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