The Dynamic Loop Effect on the Mississippi River Project Design Flood Flow Line.

Abstract

The unusally high 1973 and 1975 flood seasons on the Mississippi River revealed apparent significant reductions in flood-carrying capacity. In addition, a heretofore unappreciated phenomenon known as loop effect appeared to have a large impact on stage-discharge relations. As a part of a general re-analysis of the design flood flow line, a study was initiated to help quantify the dynamic loop effect. The purpose of the study was to estimate the loop magnitude at the design flood to be added to the separately evaluated steady-state design flood flow line.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA069277

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  • Carl J. Huval

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  • Calibration
  • Civil Engineering
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Engineers
  • Extrapolation
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Flow
  • Measurement
  • Mississippi
  • Mississippi River
  • Simulations
  • Steady Flow
  • Steady State
  • United States
  • Unsteady Flow

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