Analysis of Storm Events
Oral
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Garland Pennison, PE, MS
DSc Candidate
University of South Alabama
Ioannis Gidaris, PhD
Post doctoral research associate
Rice University
Jamie Padgett, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Rice University
Bret Webb, PhD, P.E., D.CE, M.ASCE
Professor
University of South Alabama
Empirical dispersion functions appear to reasonably predict damage risks for coastal roadways subjected to coastal storm surge and wave hazards. County Road 257 (CR 257) in Brazoria County, Texas had significant damage at various locations during Hurricane Ike in September 2008. Cumulative peak hourly water surface elevation, wave period, and current velocity output from a hindcast ADCIRC+SWAN model was assessed using modified celerity dispersion functions relative to measured distance between road and shoreline. These intensity measures provide a strongly correlated model for predicting likelihood of road damage.