Investigation Into Overtopping Mitigation Strategies
This agreement represents an opportunity for research into mitigation strategies for embankment and floodwall overtopping breach.
To accomplish this, the following is anticipated:
1. Assess factors that may lead to overtopping breach and relevant failure mechanisms for the different embankment and floodwall designs that are common to the USACE inventory.
Assess the current state of practice for numerical modeling used for performance predictions of levees and floodwalls with regards to overtopping breach.
Collect case histories of overtopping events for use in analytical or numerical assessment of embankment and floodwall performance when overtopping occurs.
2. Identify the current state of practice for mitigating overtopping of flood control levees and floodwalls, including USACE and international approaches.
Identify potential emerging technologies that could be used to mitigate overtopping breach of flood control embankments and floodwalls.
3. Perform laboratory investigations to quantify potential improvement of embankment and floodwall foundation soils during overtopping.
Saturated and unsaturated soil mechanics approaches could be explored when appropriate.
4. Investigate and develop numerical methodologies to improve current numerical performance predictions.
Identify advanced approaches and define when these might improve performance predictions.
Identify uncertainty in standard and advanced numerical approaches.
5. Perform physical testing to assess different mitigation strategies for overtopping performance of the different mitigation strategies.
Provide quantifiable design recommendation based on these tests as well as data for the validation of numerical models.
To accomplish this, the following is anticipated:
1. Assess factors that may lead to overtopping breach and relevant failure mechanisms for the different embankment and floodwall designs that are common to the USACE inventory.
Assess the current state of practice for numerical modeling used for performance predictions of levees and floodwalls with regards to overtopping breach.
Collect case histories of overtopping events for use in analytical or numerical assessment of embankment and floodwall performance when overtopping occurs.
2. Identify the current state of practice for mitigating overtopping of flood control levees and floodwalls, including USACE and international approaches.
Identify potential emerging technologies that could be used to mitigate overtopping breach of flood control embankments and floodwalls.
3. Perform laboratory investigations to quantify potential improvement of embankment and floodwall foundation soils during overtopping.
Saturated and unsaturated soil mechanics approaches could be explored when appropriate.
4. Investigate and develop numerical methodologies to improve current numerical performance predictions.
Identify advanced approaches and define when these might improve performance predictions.
Identify uncertainty in standard and advanced numerical approaches.
5. Perform physical testing to assess different mitigation strategies for overtopping performance of the different mitigation strategies.
Provide quantifiable design recommendation based on these tests as well as data for the validation of numerical models.
Related Programs
Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering
Department Of Defense
Agency: Department of Defense
Office: Engineer Research and Development Center
Estimated Funding: $400,000
Office: Engineer Research and Development Center
Estimated Funding: $400,000
Obtain Full Opportunity Text:
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-023.html
Additional Information of Eligibility:
This opportunity is restricted to non-federal partners of the Gulf Coast Cooperative Ecosystems Studies Unit (CESU).
Disclosures of current and pending support made in this application may render an applicant ineligible for funding.
Prior to award and throughout the period of performance, ERDC may continue to request updated continuing and pending support information, which will be reviewed and may result in discontinuation of funding.
Religious organizations are entitled to compete on equal footing with secular organizations for Federal financial assistance as described in E.O.
13798, “Promoting Free Speech and Religious Liberty.”
Full Opportunity Web Address:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-25-023.html
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
phoebe fuller
Agency Email:
Date Posted:
2024-07-12
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2024-09-26
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