Automated Design of a High-Velocity Channel
Engineering design is a decision-making process. Optimization techniques can be used to insure that better decisions are made. One design of great interest to engineers is that of high-velocity channels used for routing floodwater out of urban areas. In the design of these channels it is very important to avoid such hydraulic phenomena as standing waves, hydraulic jumps, and shocks. These will require higher wall heights and more expense. These channels can be modeled with physical models, but they are expensive and time consuming. To minimize the cost of building and changing the physical models and the time required to perform the study, an automated numerical model can be used to test a range of designs before construction of the physical model. The resulting design can be used as an initial design, which is close to the desired design requiring fewer changes to the physical model, saving time and money.
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Corporate Authors:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Engineer Research and Development Center, 3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, MI United States 39180 -
Authors:
- Hallberg, Jacqueline P
- Publication Date: 2006
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: Web
- Pagination: n.p.
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Automation; Decision making; Design; Engineering; Flood routing; Numerical analysis; Optimization; Stream channels; Urban areas
- Uncontrolled Terms: High velocity
- Subject Areas: Design; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01026370
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: ERDC/CHL TR-06-2
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Jun 29 2006 9:14AM