Galveston Bay Hurricane Surge Study. Report I. Effects of Proposed Barriers on Hurricane Surge Heights; Hydraulic Model Investigation

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dc.contributor.authorBrogdon NJen_US
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dc.date.issued1969en_US
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dc.description.abstractDesign of barriers for protection of all or portions of Galveston Bay against inundation by hurricane surges required the use of hydraulic model studies of the Galveston Bay complex to verify the results of surge routings by analytical methods and to determine the effects of all proposed structures on normal tides and hurricane surge heights upstream and downstream from barrier sites. The Galveston Bay hurricane surge model reproduced the coast from Freeport on the south to High Island on Bolivar Peninsula on the east. The model included an average width of the Gulf of Mexico of about 25 miles, measured normal to the gulf; all of the barrier islands in the bay interior, including its many connecting arms, lakes, and lagoons; and the coastal area within this sector up to a maximum elevation of 20 ft msl; and reproduced normal tides as well as gulf surges created by hurricane forces. The model was of the fixed-bed type molded of concrete to linear scale ratios, model to prototype, of 1:100 vertically and 1:300 horizontally. Automatic tide generators reproduced normal tides and tidal currents throughout the model. Hurricane surges were reproduced by a horizontal-displacement type surge generator. Either of the two major hurricane protection plans tested would provide protection for the area inland from the barrier when the navigation openings were closed. (Author)en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/22826
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dc.notesSource Performer: Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station Vicksburg Miss. Sep 1969. 169p. Report: AEWES-TR-H-69-12EnglishCountry of Origin United StatesTechnical rept Jan 1965-Dec 1967en_US
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dc.subject47B Ocean Sciences & Technology: Dynamic Oceanography;50B Civil Engineering: Civil Engineering;Area;Barrier islands;Barriers;Bolivar Peninsula;Breakwaters;Concrete;Currents;Design;Elevation;Floods;Freeport;Galveston;Galveston bay;Gulf of Mexico;Hurricane protection;Hydraulic models;Lakes;Mexico;Model studies;Navigation;Ocean waves;Protection;Seacoast;Shore protection;Sites;South;Storm surges;Structures;Texas;Tidal currents;Tides;Tropical cyclones;United States;Urban areas;Waterways;Wave barriers;Width;Wind;en_US
dc.titleGalveston Bay Hurricane Surge Study. Report I. Effects of Proposed Barriers on Hurricane Surge Heights; Hydraulic Model Investigationen_US
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