RES2020-24: Quantifying Support Practice Sub-factor Values for Erosion-control and Sediment Retention Devices- Phase II

The scope of the research project includes using an in-house, physically based, runoff-erosion model to quantify sediment fluxes for scenarios both with and without different EPSC practices in each of the TDOT regions across the state. The model will be calibrated with data from physical experiments performed as part of RES: #2016-20 and validated with new field and/or laboratory experiments. From each set of simulations, C or P factors will be determined as the ratio of sediment fluxes with the EPSC practice to sediment fluxes without the practice. The project team will provide a statistical distribution of the C and P factors for each EPSC practice that are reflective of the heterogeneity in characteristics within a region and will capture variances arising from the different rainfall-runoff, erodibility, and slope-length characteristics across the region.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $124480
• Contract Numbers:

  RES2020-24

  40100-07219

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Tennessee Department of Transportation

  James K. Polk Building
  Fifth and Deaderick Street
  Nashville, TN  United States  37243-0349
• Managing Organizations:

  Office of Research

  1534 White Avenue
  Knoxville, TN  United States  37996
• Project Managers:

  Jonas-Fields, Stephanie

• Performing Organizations:

  Office of Research

  1534 White Avenue
  Knoxville, TN  United States  37996
• Principal Investigators:

  Papanicolaou, Thanos

• Start Date: 20190801
• Expected Completion Date: 20221130
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: Transportation, Planning, Research, and Development

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Construction; Costs; Environmental protection; Erosion; Runoff; Sediments; Soil conservation; Weather
• Identifier Terms: Roadway Management System
• Subject Areas: Construction; Environment; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01744429
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Tennessee Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: RES2020-24, 40100-07219
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jun 29 2020 6:02PM