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Apr 26, 2012
A Direct Method for Determining Riprap Size for Erosion Protection in Rivers
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers
Abstract
In cases where an open channel needs bed and bank protection riprap is a common lining material, of which riprap size is the main design parameter needing determination. The current solution procedure is a cumbersome iterative one. A direct solution (one not needing iteration) is proposed here that improves computation time by 98% and adds less than 8% error.
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World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2009: Great Rivers
Pages: 1 - 4
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© 2009 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Bed materials
- Channels (waterway)
- Coastal engineering
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Computer models
- Engineering fundamentals
- Erosion
- Errors (statistics)
- Geology
- Geotechnical engineering
- Hydraulic engineering
- Hydraulic structures
- Mathematics
- Models (by type)
- Open channels
- Riprap
- River and stream beds
- River bank stabilization
- River engineering
- Rivers and streams
- Sediment
- Sediment transport
- Shores
- Statistics
- Water and water resources
- Waterways
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Graduate Research Assistant, Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept., Michigan Tech Univ., Houghton, MI 49931. E-mail: [email protected]
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Associate Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering Dept., Michigan Tech Univ., Houghton, MI 49931. E-mail: [email protected]
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