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Levees in the Lower Mississippi Valley
A levee may be defined as an earth embankment constructed along the margin of a stream to res train its flow within a desire d course during flood stages. The system of levees, as it exists to-day in the Lower Mississippi Valley, is one of Man's greatest works, involving approximately 761 000 000 cu yd of material throughout its length of 1 615 miles. The type use dissimilar in many respects to modern earth dams. In fact, it is natural that there should be a close similarity because a levee is merely an earth dam of great length, designed to function during relatively short intervals, after long lapses of time. This paper is concerned with the general features considered in the design of a levee and the use of the relatively new tool, Soil Mechanics, in solving unusual problems arising in connection with levee de sign.
Levees in the Lower Mississippi Valley
A levee may be defined as an earth embankment constructed along the margin of a stream to res train its flow within a desire d course during flood stages. The system of levees, as it exists to-day in the Lower Mississippi Valley, is one of Man's greatest works, involving approximately 761 000 000 cu yd of material throughout its length of 1 615 miles. The type use dissimilar in many respects to modern earth dams. In fact, it is natural that there should be a close similarity because a levee is merely an earth dam of great length, designed to function during relatively short intervals, after long lapses of time. This paper is concerned with the general features considered in the design of a levee and the use of the relatively new tool, Soil Mechanics, in solving unusual problems arising in connection with levee de sign.
Levees in the Lower Mississippi Valley
Buchanan, Spencer J. (author)
Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; 103 ; 1377-1395
2021-01-01
191938-01-01 pages
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