Development of wave and surge atlas for the design and protection of coastal bridges in South Louisiana : [research project capsule].

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• Creators:
  Sheppard, D. Max
• Corporate Creators:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Bearing Capacity Bridges Coasts Geographic Information Systems Hurricanes Storm Surges Water Waves Wave Height
• Publication/ Report Number:
  15-1ST
• Resource Type:
  Brief
• Geographical Coverage:
  Louisiana
• Corporate Publisher:
  Louisiana Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  The recently completed Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
  
  (DOTD) Storm Surge and Wave Atlas contains signifi cant hydraulic information that will
  
  be useful in analyzing storm surge and wave forces on existing and new coastal bridges.
  
  The current Atlas contains surge and wave information for storms with a 1% chance of
  
  occurrence each year (100-year return interval). This information is useful for computing
  
  wave loads on bridge superstructures. However, many issues encountered by DOTD
  
  engineers require other frequency meteorological/oceanographic information (e.g.,
  
  5-, 10-, 25-, 50-year return intervals). For instance, engineers may design a temporary
  
  facility (a detour bridge) based on a 5-year return interval (20% chance of occurrence
  
  each year). Bridges whose service life is approaching their design life may undergo
  
  retrofi tting based on a return interval diff erent from the 100-year return interval.
  
  The information needed for these designs exists in the Level III analysis solution fi les
  
  developed in the recently completed Wave and Surge Atlas (Phase I) project.
  
  Because of the size of the study area and the amount of information available in the
  
  recently completed Surge/Wave Atlas (GIS database) for the 100-year return interval, it is
  
  prudent to provide a separate GIS database for each of the other desired return intervals.
  
  Therefore, this work will produce a separate GIS database for a 50-year return interval
  
  (2% chance of occurrence each year), a 25-year return interval (4% chance of occurrence
  
  each year), a 10-year return interval (10% chance of occurrence each year), and a 5-year
  
  return interval (20% chance of occurrence each year).
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:cc919ba715d90ef88a1f49749beaea4606c0c132cdc1d144b4a57fa81d918c73
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/29003/dot_29003_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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