HIGHWAY AND URBAN HYDROLOGY IN THE TROPICS

The first four chapters of this book discuss tropical rainfall on a regional basis, and in terms of rainfall at a point and its variation with space and time. Storm profiles used in sophisticated modern methods of run-off calculation are considered. The next three chapters deal with the hydrology of natural catchments for bridge and culvert design, and with the design of the structures themselves. The next chapter outlines methods of urban storm sewer design, suggesting those that seem particularly appropriate for tropical regions. The final two chapters discuss the drainage of the highway itself, and roadside erosions, which is a particularly acute problem in tropical areas. (TRRL)

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• Corporate Authors:

  Pentech Press Limited

  Estover Road
  Plymouth, Devon,   England 
• Authors:
  • WATKINS, L H
  • Fiddes, D
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 206 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Culverts; Design; Drainage; Drainage basins; Erosion; Floods; Forecasting; Highways; Hydrology; Mathematical models; Measurement; Monographs; Rain; Rainfall; Roadside; Runoff; Scour; Storm sewers; Surface drainage; Surfaces; Textbooks; Tropics; Urban areas; Water
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway drainage
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 4318: Catchment area (hydrol); 3360: Culvert; 9011: Design (overall design); 2937: Drainage; 5275: Erosion; 2569: Flooding; 132: Forecast; 2755: Highway; 4332: Hydrology; 6473: Mathematical model; 6136: Measurement; 2507: Rain; 4329: Run off; 6438: Surface; 8526: Textbook; 2513: Tropics; 313: Urban area; 4355: Water
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00395545
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• ISBN: 0-7273-0805-X
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM