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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/45174| Title: | Technical assessment of the Old, Mississippi, Atchafalaya, and Red (OMAR) Rivers : HEC-RAS BSTEM analysis of the Atchafalaya River |
| Authors: | Harris, Kathleen E. Dahl, Travis A. |
| Keywords: | Atchafalaya River (La.) Erosion--Models Mississippi River Red River (Tex.-La.) River channels Sedimentation and deposition Sediment transport Soil mechanics--Analysis |
| Publisher: | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. Mississippi Valley Division. United States. Mississippi River Commission. Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | MRG&P Report (Mississippi River Geomorphology and Potamology Program (U.S.)) ; no. MRG&P Report No. 41; Volume 9 |
| Abstract: | This report documents the bank erosion modeling performed under Task 6 (HEC-RAS Sediment Modeling) of the Old, Mississippi, Atchafalaya, and Red (OMAR) Rivers System Technical Assessment. The objectives of the bank erosion modeling effort were to compare the relative impact various flow scenarios might have on bank retreat on a stretch of the Atchafalaya River between Simmesport, LA, and the Whiskey Bay Pilot Channel. The effort included compilation of field and soil boring data, selection of bank retreat sites, creation of representative soil profiles for the reach, calibration of soil parameters to measured retreat rates, and modeling bank retreat and volume of material eroded under various flow scenarios. This modeling effort was intended for scenario comparison and should not be used as a prediction of exact rates of bank erosion. The study found that varying the amount of flow entering the Atchafalaya River from the Mississippi River could increase dramatically or significantly reduce the extent of bank erosion, relative to the current management scenario. |
| Description: | MRG&P Report |
| Gov't Doc #: | MRG&P Report No. 41; Volume 9 |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11681/45174 http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/45174 |
| Size: | 39 pages / 3.75 MB |
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| Appears in Collections: | MRG&P Report |
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| MRG&P Report No 41-Vol 9.pdf | 3.75 MB | Adobe PDF |  View/Open |