Breach widening observations from earthen embankment tests

ASAE Annual International Meeting 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1841-1849

  Britton, S L ^a   Hanson, G J ^a   Cook, K R ^a   Kadavy, K C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Breach; Embankment; Energy dissipation; Erodibility; Headcut; Soil parameters

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ENERGY DISSIPATION; EROSION; HYDRAULICS; MOISTURE; SOILS;

BREACH; ERODIBILITY; HEADCUT; SOIL PARAMETERS;

EMBANKMENTS;

EID: 30044435052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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