FORMULAS TO DETERMINE STONE SIZE FOR HIGHWAY EMBANKMENT PROTECTION

A SHOALING WATER FORMULA TO CALCULATE STONE SIZE WAS DERIVED BY INTRODUCING A NEW CONCEPT OF THE EFFECT OF FACE SLOPES AND RELATING FORCES TO POTENTIAL BREAKER HEIGHT AND THEN RELATING BREAKER HEIGHT TO WATER DEPTH. THE SHOALING WATER FORMULA WAS THEN MODIFIED FOR APPLICATION TO STREAM-BANK AND DEEP-WATER SHORE PROTECTION.

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• Authors:
  • Carmany, Robert M
• Publication Date: 1963

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: pp 41-46
• Monograph Title: Culverts and slope protection
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 30
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Depth; Embankments; Face; Formulas; Height; Highways; Protection; Shore protection; Size; Slopes; Stone; Streams; Water
• Uncontrolled Terms: Shoaling
• Old TRIS Terms: Determination; Water breakers
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203923
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 7 1994 12:00AM