Levee erosion by overtopping in New Orleans during the Katrina Hurricane

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 618-632

  Briaud, J L ^a   Chen, H C ^a   Govindasamy, A V ^a   Storesund, R ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Erosion; Hurricanes; Levees; Louisiana

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; HURRICANE EFFECTS; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

EROSION FUNCTION; LEVEE EROSION; WATER-SOIL INTERFACE;

LEVEES;

ERODIBILITY; EROSION RATE; HURRICANE KATRINA 2005; LEVEE; NUMERICAL MODEL; OVERTOPPING; SHEAR STRESS; SOIL EROSION; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; WATER FLOW;

LOUISIANA; NEW ORLEANS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42549154193     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2008)134:5(618)     Document Type: Article

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