NTL Record

Title Evaluation of Flood Risk Factors in the Design of Highway Stream Crossings. Vol. I. Experimental Determination of Channel Resistance for Large Scale Roughness
Record ID 48383
Personal Name
Creator
Tseng, M. T.; Young, G. Kenneth; Childrey, M. R.
Personal Name
Contributor
Trainer, Gilbert; Jones, J. Sterling; Trent, Roy E.; Cress, Milo D.
Corporate Creator United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and Development
Corporate
Contributor
Water Resources Engineers, Inc.
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration. Offices of Research and Development
Publication Date 19740801
Language English
Abstract The overall objective of the study is to develop an engineering systems analysis method to enhance the decision-making process in the design of highway stream crossings. This method applies economic risk techniques as well as standard hydraulic and hydrologic factors in the design of bridge waterways. Volume I presents the results of experiments to determine channel resistance coefficients from artificial roughness elements representative of heavily vegetated flood plains. These coefficients are used to define the roughness field for use in bridge backwater experiments and calculations reported in Volumes II and III. The other volumes of this study are: II Analysis of Bridge Backwater Experiments III Finite Element Model for Bridge Backwater Computation IV Economic Risk Analysis for Design of Bridge Waterways V Data Report on Spur Dike Experiments
Rosap ID dot:41781
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/41781
TRT Terms Channel flow; Streamflow; Bridge waterways; Roughness coefficient
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Contract Number DOT-FH-11-7669
Report Number FHWA-RD-75-051
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/48000/48300/48383/FHWA-RD-75-051.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository