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Apr 26, 2012
The Advanced Circulation Model – A Hurricane Protection Design Tool
Publication: Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2005
Abstract
Southeast Louisiana is extremely vulnerable to damages caused by hurricane storm surges. Densely urbanized population centers are surrounded by open water and wetlands. Storm surge protection of these population centers is currently provided by levees some of which were designed as early as the 1960s. The New Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been seeking more advanced design methods to ensure that current and future levees achieve the authorized levels of protection. The ADCIRC model provides the best available design tool to fill this need.
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Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2005
Pages: 146 - 154
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© 2005 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Coastal engineering
- Coastal processes
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Decision making
- Decision support systems
- Design (by type)
- Disaster risk management
- Disasters and hazards
- Engineering fundamentals
- Hurricanes, typhoons, and cyclones
- Hydraulic design
- Hydraulic engineering
- Hydraulic structures
- Infrastructure
- Levees and dikes
- Municipal water
- Natural disasters
- Population projection
- Practice and Profession
- Storm surges
- Sustainable development
- Urban and regional development
- Urban areas
- Water (by type)
- Water and water resources
- Water management
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U.S Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans LA 70160-0267;. E-mail: [email protected]
U.S Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, P.O. Box 60267, New Orleans LA 70160-0267;. E-mail: [email protected]
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