Criteria for Evaluating Coastal Flood-Protection Structures

Abstract

A review of methods for predicting wave runup, overtopping, wave forces, and wave transmission past coastal flood-protection structures is presented for use in evaluating coastal flood-protection structures for potential flood insurance credit. The survivability of various types of coastal flood-protection structures is also discussed. Keywords: Dikes/revetments; Water waves prediction; Flood control structures; Coastal engineering survivability; Bulkheads/levees; Literature surveys; Anchored bulkheads failure.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA220795

Entities

People

  • Clifford L. Truitt
  • John P. Aherns
  • Robert G. Dean
  • Todd L. Walton Jr.

Organizations

  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Breakwaters
  • Civil Engineering
  • Climate Change
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Coastal Flooding
  • Construction
  • Engineers
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Geography
  • Geotechnical Engineering
  • Literature Surveys
  • Mechanics
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Standing Waves
  • Storm Surges

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Explosive Engineering.