Allowable Velocity and Maximum Shear Stress Streambank and Shoreland Protection Code 580
Allowable Velocity and Maximum Shear Stress Streambank and Shoreland Protection Code 580
Allowable Velocity and Maximum Shear Stress Streambank and Shoreland Protection Code 580
Allowable
Velocity
Type of Treatment Shear
ft/sec
lb/sq ft
1
Brush Mattresses
Staked only w/ rock riprap toe (initial) 0.8 - 4.1 5
Staked only w/ rock riprap toe (grown) 4.0 - 8.0 12
2
Coir Geotextile Roll
Roll with coir rope mesh staked only without rock
0.2 - 0.8 <5
riprap toe
Roll with Polypropylene rope mesh staked only
0.8 - 3.0 <8
without rock riprap toe
Roll with Polypropylene rope mesh staked and
3.0 - 4.0 < 12
with rock riprap toe
3
Live Fascine
LF Bundle w/ rock riprap toe 2.0 - 3.1 8
4
Soils
Fine colloidal sand 0.02-0.03 1.5
Sandy loam (noncolloidal) 0.03-0.04 1.75
Alluvial silt (noncolloidal) 0.045-0.05 2
Silty loam (noncolloidal) 0.045-0.05 1.75-2.25
Firm loam 0.075 2.5
Fine gravels 0.075 2.5
Stiff clay 0.26 3-4.5
Alluvial silt (colloidal) 0.26 3.75
Graded loam to cobbles 0.38 3.75
Graded silts to cobbles 0.43 4
Shales and hardpan 0.67 6
4
Gravel/Cobble
1-inch 0.33 2.5-5
2-inch 0.67 3-6
6-inch 2 4-7.5
12-inch 4 5.5-12
4
Vegetation
Class A turf (ret class) 3.7 6-8
Class B turf (ret class) 2.1 4-7
Class C turf (ret class) 1 3.5
Retardance Class D 0.6 Design of roadside
Retardance Class E 0.35 channels HEC-15
Long native grasses 1.2-1.7 4-6
Short native and bunch grass 0.7-0.95 3-4
Allowable
Velocity
Type of Treatment Shear
ft/sec
lb/sq ft
4
Soil Bioengineering
Wattles 0.2-1.0 3
Reed fascine 0.6-1.25 5
Coir roll 3-5 8
Vegetated coir mat 4-8 9.5
Live brush mattress (initial) 0.4-4.1 4
Live brush mattress (grown) 3.90-8.2 12
Brush layering (initial/grown) 0.4-6.25 12
Live fascine 1.25-3.10 6-8
Live willow stakes 2.10-3.10 3-10
4
Hard Surfacing
Gabions 10 14-19
Concrete 12.5 >18
5
Boulder Clusters
Boulder
Very large (>80-inch diameter) 37.4 25
Large ( >40-in diameter) 18.7 19
Medium (>20-inch diameter) 9.3 14
Small (>10-inch diameter) 4.7 10
Cobble
Large (>5-inch diameter) 2.3 7
Small (>2.5-inch diameter) 1.1 5
Gravel
Very Course (>1.25-inch diameter) 0.54 3
Course (>.63-inch diameter) 0.25 2.5
1
Brush mattresses (ERDC TN EMRRP-SR-23): http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/emrrp/pdf/sr23.pdf.
2
Coir Geotextile roll (ERDC TN EMRRP-SR-04): http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/emrrp/pdf/sr04.pdf.
3
Live Fascine (ERDC TN EMRRP-SR-31): http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/emrrp/pdf/sr31.pdf.
4
Stream Restoration Materials (ERDC TN EMRRP-SR-29): http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/emrrp/pdf/sr29.pdf.
5
Boulder Clusters (ERDC TN EMRRP-SR-11): http://el.erdc.usace.army.mil/emrrp/pdf/sr11.pdf.
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