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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Hurricane protection"”.
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Spiral Welded Pipe Piles For Structures In Southeastern Louisiana
In an effort to obtain 100-year level hurricane protection for southeastern Louisiana, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has implemented design guidelines that both levees and structures shall be designed to. Historically, USACE has used concrete piles or steel H-piles as the foundations for …
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Levees, Urbanization and Public Perception: Implications for Southeast Louisiana Wetlands
The wetlands of Louisiana have provided protection against floods and storms for thousands of years. With the construction of the Mississippi River levees and increased urbanization the wetlands are quickly disappearing, thus leaving the area vulnerable to hurricane storm surge. Since Hurricane …
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The Hydraulic Spline: Comparisons of Existing Surface Modeling Techniques and Development of a Spline-Based Approach for Hydrographic and Topographic Surface Modeling
… planning and construction of flood control and hurricane protection projects. Typically, topographic surface models are synthesized from Delaunay triangulations or interpolated raster grids. Although these techniques are adequate in most general situations, they do not effectively address the …
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Evaluation of Analysis Methods used for the Assessment of I-walls Stability
On Monday, 29 August 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. gulf coast. The storm caused damage to 169 miles of the 284 miles that compose the Hurricane Protection System (HPS) of the area. The system suffered 46 breaches due to water levels overtopping and another four caused by instability due …
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Immunity under the Provisions of the Louisiana Homeland Security and Emergency Assistance and Disaster Act: An Analysis of Case Law in Relationship to Pending Litigation
The effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans was catastrophic and longlasting. Katrina is the costliest, as well as one of the deadliest, natural disasters in the history of the United States. Eighty percent of New Orleans was flooded after the failure of levees bordering the 17th Street, London …
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Residential adjustments to the hurricane hazard in the Lower Florida Keys
U of I Only Restriction set for Item 98194 on 2017-02-01T17:16:12Z with date by kappleg2@illinois.edu.
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Stochastic Analysis Of Storm-Surge Induced Infrastructure Losses In New York City
Hurricanes are among the most catastrophic types of natural hazards, with the potential to cause serious losses in lives and property. While hurricanes rarely have a huge impact on the New York City area, they do have the potential to cause major damage to the city's transportation infrastructure. …