Hatteras Breach, North Carolina

Abstract

This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) is intended to document the rapid response of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to engineer and construct a breach closure and the lessons learned. The note also documents the short-term morphologic evolution and hydrodynamic characteristics of the breach based on an analysis of collected data. Researchers are utilizing this important data set in the development of numerical models of coastal breaching and to further the Corps' understanding of the breaching process.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA530601

Entities

People

  • Kent K. Hathaway
  • Michael Wutkowski
  • Ty V. Wamsley

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barrier Islands
  • Birds
  • Cape Hatteras
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Endangered Species
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Habitats
  • Lessons Learned
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • North Carolina
  • Research Facilities
  • Shallow Water
  • Shores
  • United States

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design