Preliminary results of earthen embankment breach tests

2000 ASAE Annual International Meeting, Technical Papers: Engineering Solutions for a New Century

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 1531-1543

  Hanson, Gregory J ^a   Cook, Kevin R ^a   Hahn, William ^a,b  

^a USDA ARS   (United States)

^b Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Breach; Embankment; Erodibility; Headcuts; Hydrographs; Soil parameters

Indexed keywords

BREACH; ERODIBILITY; HEADCUTS; HYDROGRAPHS; SOIL PARAMETERS;

DATA ACQUISITION; EROSION; FLOODS; HYDRAULICS; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEYS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SILT; SOILS; SPILLWAYS; STRESS ANALYSIS; WATERSHEDS;

EMBANKMENTS;

EID: 2342641424     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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