Masters Theses
Abstract
"The purposes of this investigation were severally as follows: (a) To determine the feasibility of digging pilot channels to scour out channels through the Beouf and Atchafalaya basins of sufficient size to handle the project flows contemplated for these basins in time of superflood. (b) To determine the best forms of the pilot channels and the best approximate dimensions. (c) To determine velocities conducive to erosion, transportation, and deposition; the manner and rate of enlargement under below-bank, bankful, and overbank flows; and the character of trace to be expected after enlargement of the proposed channels. (d) To investigate any suggested modifications of the proposed plan"--Purposes of the Investigation, page 5.
Advisor(s)
Bardsley, Clarence Edward, 1894-1967
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Degree Name
M.S. in Civil Engineering
Sponsor(s)
Waterways Experiment Station (U.S.)
Publisher
Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy
Publication Date
1932
Pagination
iii, 94 pages, 1 map
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 40).
Geographic Coverage
Mississippi River
Rights
© 1932 Elmer John Sperling, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Flood control -- Mississippi River
Thesis Number
T 601
Print OCLC #
5963135
Electronic OCLC #
635981340
Link to Catalog Record
Recommended Citation
Sperling, Elmer John, "Investigations of diversion on the lower Mississippi River" (1932). Masters Theses. 4767.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/4767
Comments
Several photographs were missing from the document when it was electronically scanned in 2009.