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Feb 1, 1983
Optimum Floor Elevation in Storm Tide Flood Zones
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 109, Issue 1
Abstract
For structures located in flood prone areas an engineering cost analysis method is developed to establish the least cost elevation of the structural floor. The least cost elevation is one yielding the lowest life cycle cost combination of flood damage costs, construction costs, operating and maintenance costs together with anticipated gradients, as well as appreciated replacement value costs. The method involves raising the design floor elevation until the incremental life cycle costs associated with the raise in floor elevation equals the decremental life cycle cost of the probable flood damage.
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Chiu, T. Y., Bruun, P., Gerritsen, F., and Morgan, W. H., “Storm Tides in Florida as Related to Coastal Topography,” Engineering Progress at the University of Florida, Engineering and Experiment Station, University of Florida, Vol. XVI, No. 1, Gainesville, Fla., Jan., 1962.
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Harris, D. L., “Tides and Tidal Datums in the United States,” SR‐7, U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., Feb., 1981, pp. 79–85.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 109 • Issue 1 • February 1983
Pages: 41 - 53
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Published online: Feb 1, 1983
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Courtland A. Collier, M. ASCE
Assoc. Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 32611
James R. Williams, Jr.
Grad. Student in Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, Fla. 32611
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