Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP)
Annual Exceedance Probability … the probability a certain `annual-type’ event, e.g. annual river high flow/flood), etc., will occur (or be exceeded) in any particular year. See more … here.
Annual Exceedance Probability … the probability a certain `annual-type’ event, e.g. annual river high flow/flood), etc., will occur (or be exceeded) in any particular year. See more … here.
Annual Floods and Mean Annual Flood (MAF) … Go here.
So, what is the probability that we will experience a 100-year flood next year? … in the `next 100 years’? Glad you asked. Next year? … 1/100 or 1% chance. Next 100 years? … see … here
What Causes a Stream or River to `Meander’? (First) Hydraulic Equilibrium. Let’s think about a river that flows into the ocean. But the same could be said for a river entering a lake, or some other feature that `fixes’ the …
On Sediment Transport – Lane – `I love it!’ Lane (citation) gave us a fantastic, and fantastically simple, `equation’ (relationship) for sediment transport in a river. It goes something like this: river flow (quantity, Q) and stream slope (or steepness, …
Keys to Successfully Obtaining a Code Evaluation Report (c) Jeff R. Filler, Pell City, Alabama October 2021 A code evaluation report is a report published by an evaluation agency stating that (and how) a building product (or building method or …
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Rafter Bearing and Anchorage … So, of course, the rafters need to `bear’ on (be supported by) something. For Linda’s Goat Barn the rafters will rest on `headers’. The design of the barn, remember, is `pole barn’, e.g., rafters supported …
As an engineer I tend to design structures from the top down. First the roof loads, which determine rafters, or trusses, or whatever roof framing members. Then the beams/headers/girders supporting the rafters, then the columns or walls supporting the headers, …
on headroom (c) Jeff R. Filler, 2021 … last year I built a chicken `palace’ (huge coop) for my wife, actually for her chickens. I made sure I found out how high she wanted the roof. It would slope downward, …