Katrina sigma xi oct 2009 bob gilbert
- 1. Engineering Code of Ethics Canon #1 – Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the Public.
- 4. Hurricane Katrina andthe Levees: An Engineering Disaster What Went Wrong and Why Prof. Robert B. Gilbert Brunswick-Abernathy Professor Dept. of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering The University of Texas at Austin
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- 7. New Orleans Pacific METSAT:GraphicsLink: https://weather.afwa.af.mil/data_links/CPACIR01.GIF 7
- 9. Elements of theFlood Protection System
- 10. Parishes and Poldersin New Orleans Lake Pontchartrain GIWW IHNC Outfall Canals Lake Borgne MRGO Mississippi River 10 miles
- 12. Lake Pontchartrain New Orleans
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- 18. Forensic Analysis GET THE FACTS SYNTHESIZE THE FACTS Interagency Performance ASCE External Evaluation Task Force Review Panel (IPET) (ERP) National Academies Public Independent Forums Review Panel VERIFY THE FACTS
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- 28. Erosion Failures 46of 50 Breaches
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- 31. Looking South along17th Street Canal
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- 41. System Problems –Transitions
- 42. System Problems -Gates
- 43. System Problems –Pumps
- 44. Consequences Approximately 1,600 Deaths $30Billion in Direct Damage 400,000 Residents Left and Never Returned School and Medical Systems Devastated
- 45. The Challenge Hurricane Protection Teton Dam System 0.4 Miles Long 350 Miles 1 Failure Long 11 Fatalities 50 Failures
- 46. What Must We DoNext?
- 47. Improve Organizational System •Put someone in charge • Improve inter-agency coordination • Get engineers involved in public policy
- 48. Beware of Interfaces BEWAREOF INTERFACES • Between materials • Between jurisdictional entities • Between members of the design team • Between project participants (owner, sponsor, designer, and constructor) Slide Courtesy of Jim Mitchell
- 49. Build In Resilience •System resilience is key to avoiding catastrophic failure • Design criteria should routinely provide resilience to reduce vulnerability • Plan for failure and take steps to avoid it Slide Courtesy of Jim Mitchell
- 50. Understand Risk and Embrace Safety • Keep safety at the forefront of public priorities • Assess the risks • Communicate the risks and decide how much is acceptable
- 51. Offshore Oil Hurricane Protection Industry System $30 Billion Damage $30 Billion Damage 100% Evacuation 80% Evacuation 0 Fatalities 1,500 Fatalities
- 52. Katrina, 2005 Gustav, 2008 80% Evacuation 98% Evacuation 1,600 Fatalities 0 Fatalities
- 53. Demand Engineering Quality •Upgrade design procedures • Use external review • Put public safety first
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- 57. Katrina, 2005 Gustav, 2008
- 58. Engineering Code of Ethics Canon #1 – Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the Public.
- 59. References American Society ofCivil Engineers, ASCE (2005), “Preliminary Report on the Performance of the New Orleans Levee Systems in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005,” A Report by the Reconnaissance Teams from ASCE and UC Berkeley, Report No. UCB/CITRIS – 05/01, http://www.asce.org. American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE (2007), “The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System – What Went Wrong and Why,” A Report by the External Review Panel of ASCE, In Press, http://www.asce.org. Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, IPET (2006), “Performance Evaluation of the New Orleans and Southeast Louisiana Hurricane Protection System,” Draft Final Report, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, https://ipet.wes.army.mil. New Orleans Times Picayune, http://www.nola.com. University of California at Berkeley (2006), “Investigation of the Performance of the New Orleans Flood Protection Systems in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005,” Independent Levee Investigation Team Final Report, http://www.ce.berkeley.edu/~new_orleans.