Chapter 10
Mr. Sediment Movement
Publication: Hans Albert Einstein: His Life as a Pioneering Engineer
Abstract
Hans Albert's membership on the Missouri River Division's River Sedimentation Board brought him to Nebraska and North Dakota two or three times a year for meetings aimed at tackling the river's sediment problems. Moreover, it enabled him to develop a close professional relationship with Don Bondurant, Chief of the Division's Sedimentation Section. Bondurant and Hans became firm professional friends, collaborating extensively on the Missouri and other river projects. Corps engineer Fred Toffaleti had used the Einstein method to estimate the amount of sediment the Atchafalaya's erosive flow could convey and thereby assessed an eventual equilibrium bed profile. In the summer of 1954, Hans Albert spent several months assisting the Corps with yet another major river sediment problem. Hans Albert's reputation as the river sediment expert was now established on paper as well as in the field.
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