Present and future hazard scenario database for coastal infrastructural resilience and maintenance planning
Project seeks to characterize present and future flooding impacts for coastal communities by using a database of historical and synthetic storms to force a suite of hydrodynamic and wave models for a community of interest. Projections of wave, surge, and flooding will be particularly focused on areas near critical infrastructure components (e.g., roads critical for evacuation and recovery; bridge piers, etc.). Synthetic storms have many of the same trends as the historical storms, but have random starting and ending locations along established tracks, along with a distribution of hurricane parameters along these tracks. Wind fields from the hurricanes can be calculated from the parameters, and since the parameters have a probability of occurrence associated with them, surge probability and vulnerability can be determined. In addition, upland discharge values will be added to represent flooding from rainfall and river sources. The overall product will be a set of maps delineating flooding risk and vulnerability. For selected infrastructural components of particular concern, a phase-resolved wave model, driven by flooding and wave events from hurricanes, can be used to simulate the time-dependent forces from hurricane-driven waves and help pinpoint potentially damaging conditions within hurricane events. Finally, the results will be used to evaluate the impact of flooding on evacuation and traffic flow.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $98159
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Contract Numbers:
CREATE UTC Contract Number 69A3552348330
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Sponsor Organizations:
Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX United States 77666 -
Managing Organizations:
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
University Transportation Centers Program
Department of Transportation
Washington, DC United States 20590Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX United States 77666Texas A&M University, College Station
Zachry Department of Civil Engineering
3136 TAMU
College Station, TX United States 77843-3136 -
Project Managers:
Bruner, Britain
Kulesza, Stacey
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Performing Organizations:
Texas A&M University, College Station
Zachry Department of Civil Engineering
3136 TAMU
College Station, TX United States 77843-3136 -
Principal Investigators:
Kaihatu, James
Figueroa Medina, Alberto
- Start Date: 20240901
- Expected Completion Date: 20250831
- Actual Completion Date: 0
- USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Coasts; Databases; Disaster preparedness; Disaster resilience; Flood routing; Floods; Forecasting; Hurricanes; Hydrodynamics; Maps; Risk assessment
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Hydraulics and Hydrology; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01929471
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Coastal Research and Education Actions for Transportation Equity
- Contract Numbers: CREATE UTC Contract Number 69A3552348330
- Files: UTC, RIP
- Created Date: Sep 3 2024 7:50PM