Development of hurricane flood protection for Texas City, Texas
| dc.contributor.author | Murphy, Wayne M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Geelan, Charles William | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-06T22:09:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-02-06T22:09:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1965 | |
| dc.description | 35 page PDF document. Includes 16 pages of text, 17 plates, and front and back covers. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this paper is to present the hydraulic problems relating to the computation of hurricane surge, hurricane waves, runup of the waves for providing hurricane flood protection at Texas City, Texas, as well as the effects of rainfall upon the protected area during periods of normal and high tides. The problems of providing protection are discussed, and information is presented on structures that were designed for the hurricane protection project. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.other | OCLC 27208032 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/28287 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | U.S. Army Engineer District, Galveston, Corps of Engineers | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Presented before Conference on Coastal Engineering at Santa Barbara, California, on 11-13 October 1965; | |
| dc.subject | Flood damage prevention -- Texas -- Texas City | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hurricane protection -- Texas -- Texas City | en_US |
| dc.subject | Texas City levee | en_US |
| dc.title | Development of hurricane flood protection for Texas City, Texas | en_US |
| dc.type | Presentation | en_US |