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| Content Type: | Abstract or Summary only |
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| Author(s): | Croke, Todd |
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| Author Affiliation: | Assistant Manager of Technical Services, North American Green, Inc., Evansville, Indiana |
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| Title: | Hurricane forces test durability of composite turf reinforcement mats for use in channel lining applications |
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| Section: | Poster presentations for 1999 SWCS annual conference
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| Source: | Journal of Soil and Water Conservation. Vol. 54, No. 3, Third Quarter 1999, p. 613. |
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| Publishing Information: | Ankeny, IA: Soil and Water Conservation Society |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Hurricanes; Turf reinforcing systems; Erosion control; Evaluations; Channels; Drainage trenches
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Biologically-engineered drainage channel liners are quickly becoming the tool of choice to abate the severe erosion and channel scour found in areas experiencing high shear stress. The extreme force and massive flooding brought by Hurricane Georges' winds impacting the United States' Gulf Coast in September 1998, tested the limits of both geosynthetic and rock riprap channel liners. Despite low vegetative density through the geosynthetic composite turf reinforcement matting (C-TRM) used in the study channel, the matting far outperformed rock riprap underlain with filter fabric. Wind speeds in excess of 117 km per hour induced widespread damage of the channel including compete [complete] failure of the riprap channel lining and significant removal of soil material from beneath the filter fabric. The geosynthetic C-TRM, however, remained completely intact with no observable channel scour from beneath the matting." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| Note: | This item is an abstract only! |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Croke, T. 1999. Hurricane forces test durability of composite turf reinforcement mats for use in channel lining applications. J. Soil Water Conserv. 54(3):p. 613. |
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