Levee overtopping design guidance: What we know and what we need

Solutions to Coastal Disasters Congress 2008 - Proceedings of the Solutions to Coastal Disasters Congress 2008

Volumn 312, Issue , 2008, Pages 867-880

  Hughes, Steven A ^a  

^a US ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBANKMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; LEVEES;

DESIGN GUIDANCES; ENGINEERING DESIGNS; EROSION DAMAGES; HURRICANE - KATRINA; HYDRODYNAMIC LOADINGS; OVERTOPPING FLOWS; OVERTOPPING RATES; SIDE SLOPES;

DESIGN;

EID: 57649107538     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/40968(312)78     Document Type: Conference Paper

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