World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019
The Performance of Streambank Stabilization Assessment Modeling: A Case Study of Tongue River in North Dakota
Publication: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019: Hydraulics, Waterways, and Water Distribution Systems Analysis
ABSTRACT
Cavalier, North Dakota, has suffered severe erosion and bank failures on the Tongue River in recent years. It lies downstream of ten dams that have greatly reduced peak flows and sediments. In addition, a historic steam-railway dam in town was decommissioned and replaced with lower rock weirs, resulting in a lower water surface elevation. An objective assessment approach using the latest streambank stabilization tools was used to evaluate the suitability of installing a series of taller rock weirs to stabilize the streambanks throughout the city. Various aspects of the river reach including hydrology, hydraulics, and sediment transport were modeled using the hydrologic model (HEC-HMS) and hydraulic model (HEC-RAS) developed by the USACE Hydrologic Engineering Center. The unsteady flow model geometry was created using LiDAR and surveying data, and the sediment transport model used gradation data collected at the time of survey. Streambank stability at a few sites was assessed based on the results obtained from the modeling.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The authors would like to acknowledge the Red River Regional Council based in Grafton under the leadership of Julius Wangler for awarding a grant which supported a student-led study project called “Tongue River Hydraulic Modeling and Stream Bank Stability Assessments for City of Cavalier” in 2011-2012.
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World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2019: Hydraulics, Waterways, and Water Distribution Systems Analysis
Pages: 320 - 333
Editors: Gregory F. Scott and William Hamilton, Ph.D.
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8235-3
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Published online: May 16, 2019
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