Minimizing Embankment Damage During Overtopping Flow

Clopper, Paul E.; Chen, Yung-Hai; Simons, Li and Associates, Inc.

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Minimizing Embankment Damage During Overtopping Flow

1988-11-01
By Clopper, Paul E. ; Chen, Yung-Hai

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Clopper, Paul E. ; Chen, Yung-Hai

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Corporate Creators:

Simons, Li and Associates, Inc.
Contributors:

Jones, Sterling
Corporate Contributors:

United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Engineering and Highway Operations R&D ; United States. Department of the Interior ; United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Engineering and Research Center

United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Engineering and Highway Operations R&D ; United States. Department of the Interior ; United States. Bureau of Reclamation. Engineering and Research Center Less -
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Building Cement Chemicals Concrete Blocks Design Embankments Erosion Erosion Control Facilities Failure Gabions Geotextiles Hydraulics Installation Overtopping Riprap Shear Stress Testing Vegetation
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA-RD-88-181
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

United States
Corporate Publisher:

United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Abstract:

The hydraulic and erosional characteristics of overtopping flow are examined. Methods of protecting earth embankments of dams, levees, and roadways from damage during overtopping flow are investigated. Nineteen full-scale tests of bare earth embankments (unprotected) were conducted to derive baseline erosion rate relationships. Thirty-eight full-scale hydraulic tests examined the performance of selected commercially available embankment protection systems under various hydraulic conditions. These included vegetation, geotextiles, chemicals, cements, concrete blocks, gabions, and riprap. Failure modes and hydraulic stresses at the failure threshold were determined and compared to results from other investigators. Design and installation considerations are presented which address observed failure modes.
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DTFH61-85-C-00131
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Federal Highway Administration
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