User's Manual for CHANLPRO, PC Program for Channel Protection Design
Abstract
This document provides a user's manual for Windows program CHANLPRO, which replaces RIPRAP15 and addresses the following three areas pertinent to the design of channel protection: a. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers riprap design guidance for placement in the dry for channels subjected to velocity forces in low turbulent flow based on USACE guidance. b. Guidance for the design of gabion mattresses for the same flow conditions as the riprap design guidance. c. Guidance for estimating scour depth in erodible channels. Data used to develop the methods used herein for riprap and gabion mattresses were limited to channel slopes less than or equal to 2 percent. Program developers came to recognize that the most uncertain of riprap design is the determination of imposed force, which can be found using the depth-averaged velocity at the point of interest For this reason, many of the changes that were incorporated into the CHANLPRO program are directed at helping the designer determine the local depth-averaged velocity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA351838
Entities
People
- Martin T. Hebler
- Sheila F. Knight
- Stephen T. Maynord