MINIMIZING EMBANKMENT DAMAGE DURING OVERTOPPING FLOW. FINAL REPORT

The hydraulic and erosional characteristics of overtopping flow are examined. Methods of protecting earth embankments of dams, levees, and roadways from damage during overtopping flow are investigated. Nineteen full-scale tests of bare earth embankments (unprotected) were conducted to derive baseline erosion rate relationships. Thirty-eight full-scale hydraulic tests examined the performance of selected commercially available embankment protection systems under various hydraulic conditions. These included vegetation, geotextiles, chemicals, cements, concrete blocks, gabions, and riprap. Failure modes and hydraulic stresses at the failure threshold were determined and compared to results from other investigators. Design and installation considerations are presented which address observed failure modes.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/68343
• Corporate Authors:

  Simons, Li and Associates, Incorporated

  3555 Stanford Road, P.O. Box 1816
  Fort Collins, CO  United States  80522

  Federal Highway Administration

  Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, 6300 Georgetown Pike
  McLean, VA  United States  22101
• Authors:
  • Clopper, P E
  • Chen, Y-H
• Publication Date: 1988-11

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 226 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Building; Cement; Chemicals; Concrete blocks; Design; Embankments; Erosion; Erosion control; Facilities; Failure; Gabions; Geotextiles; Hydraulics; Installation; Overtopping; Riprap; Shear stress; Testing; Vegetation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Failure modes
• Subject Areas: Construction; Design; Environment; Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; I20: Design and Planning of Transport Infrastructure; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494520
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA-RD-88-181, NCP 3D32062
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-85-C-00131
• Files: NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT
• Created Date: May 31 1990 12:00AM