APPLICATION OF HEC-6 TO EPHEMERAL RIVERS OF ARIZONA

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, computer program HEC-6 - "Scour and Deposition in Rivers and Reservoirs" was applied to three ephemeral rivers of Arizona - Agua Fria River, Salt River, and Rillito Creek. The input data development techniques and results from these three case studies were used to develop general input data development/calibration strategies. The theoretical and numerical bases of HEC-6 were reviewed and documented to clarify and further define the important aspects of the sediment routing portion of the program. The overall result of this study is a document designed to aid "users" in the application of HEC-6 to ephemeral rivers of Arizona.

• Corporate Authors:

  Arizona State University, Tempe

  Center for Advanced Research in Transportation
  Tempe, AZ  United States  85287

  Arizona Department of Transportation

  206 South 17th Avenue
  Phoenix, AZ  United States  85007

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Dust, D W
  • Bowers, M T
  • Ruff, P F
• Publication Date: 1985-5

Media Info

• Pagination: 169 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calibration; Case studies; Computer programs; Deposition; Information processing; Rivers; Routing; Scour; Sediments
• Old TRIS Terms: Deposition (Materials and soils)
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; I26: Water Run-off - Freeze-thaw;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00457039
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: FHWA/AZ 86/214
• Files: TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 27 2004 9:38PM