Effect of channel restoration on flood wave attenuation

Journal of Hydraulic Engineering

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 196-208

  Sholtes, Joel S ^a   Doyle, Martin W ^b  

^a BROWN AND CALDWELL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel restoration; Flood attenuation; Flood routing; One dimensional hydraulic models

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL GEOMETRY; CHANNEL LENGTH; CHANNEL RESTORATION; CHANNEL SLOPE; FLOOD ATTENUATION; FLOOD PLAINS; FLOOD ROUTING; FLOOD WAVES; FLOODPLAIN ROUGHNESS; HEC-RAS; HYDRAULIC FUNCTIONS; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; NORTH CAROLINA; PEAK DISCHARGE; RESTORATION DESIGN; RESTORATION PROGRAMS; SMALL SCALE; STREAM CHANNELS; VALLEY SLOPES;

BANK PROTECTION; BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); ENERGY DISSIPATION; FLOOD CONTROL; FLOODS; HYDRAULIC MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; RIVER CONTROL;

RESTORATION;

FLOOD ROUTING; FLOOD WAVE; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HYDRAULICS; MEANDER; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK DISCHARGE; STREAM CHANNEL; WAVE ATTENUATION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651511518     PISSN: 07339429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)HY.1943-7900.0000294     Document Type: Article

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