U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Sedimentation Engineering Manual D. Reservoir Sedimentation

by David T. Williams, USAE Waterways Experiment Station, United States,



Document Type: Proceeding Paper

Part of: Soil Properties Evaluation from Centrifugal Models and Field Performance

Abstract:

This paper discusses Chapter 5, Reservoir Sedimentation, of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Engineering Manual (EM) on Sedimentation Engineering, EM 1110-2-4000. The chapter presents the philosophy for measuring the impact of a reservoir on stream morphology, to identify potential sedimentation problems caused by the reservoir, to associate those problems with project purposes, and to propose approaches for analyzing them. Many of the problems are simply addressed in the EM so that the reader is aware of the potential impacts on the project. Methods and techniques for analyses mentioned in the EM are properly referenced and only brief descriptions are given.

Subject Headings: Sediment | Reservoirs | Rivers and streams | Transportation engineering | Sediment transport | Project management | Federal government

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