Engineering and Design: Design Guidance on Levees

Abstract

The purpose of this engineer technical letter is to provide guidance on minimum acceptable factors of safety against development of undesirable seepage emergence and sand boil initiation for flood control levees with a landside top stratum.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 30, 1997
Accession Number
ADA403284

Entities

People

  • Steven L. Stockton

Organizations

  • United States Army Corps of Engineers

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  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Finite Element Analysis
  • Flood Control
  • Floods
  • Graphics
  • Guidance
  • Mississippi River
  • Thickness
  • Waterways

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Hydraulic Engineering.
  • Riverine Ecology
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.