longitudinal peaked stone toe protection {lpstp} & longitudinal fill stone toe protection...

LONGITUDINAL PEAKED STONE

TOE PROTECTION {LPSTP} &

LONGITUDINAL FILL STONE

TOE PROTECTION {LFSTP}

By Dave Derrick, Potomologist & VP,

River Research & Design, Inc.

SELF-ADJUSTING, SELF-HEALING, BANK

STABILIZATION METHODS ARE BEST!!

Derrick’s Reference PowerPoints

• LECTURE: 04-BIG-RESISTIVE• METHODS: FUNNEL TECHNIQUE• CASE STUDY: CHENUNDA CREEK ROAD

PROTECTION, NY; • CASE STUDY: TOLEDO-MIAKONDA-BUILT FALL

2012• CASE STUDY: MISSOURI RIVER @ LEWIS & CLARK-

VERMILLION SD {LFSTP}• CASE STUDY: DUCK CREEK-DAVENPORT IA-

LPSTP• CASE STUDY: BELEWS CR-EPA 319-HILLSBORO MO• VIDEO: DUCK CREEK

DESCRIPTIONS

LPSTP is a continuous stone dike placed longitudinally at, or slightly streamward of, the toe of the eroding bank. Cross-section is triangular. The LPSTP does not necessarily follow the toe exactly, but can be placed to form a "smoothed" alignment through the bend. Smoothed alignment might not be desirable from the environmental or energy dissipation points of view . Amount of stone used (1 ton/ lineal ft, 2 tons/ft, etc.) can depend on the height of LPSTP required, volume of stone required to mitigate toe scour, estimated stream forces (impinging flow) on the bank, & flood durations & stages. Bank grading is not always needed (existing vegetation not disturbed).

Description of Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection {LPSTP}

Tie-backs are short stone dikes (at regular intervals) connecting the LPSTP to the stone key that is dug into the bank. Tie-backs are usually the same height as the LPSTP, or elevated slightly toward the bank end. If tie-backs are long they should be angled upstream to act as Bendway Weirs (if level-crested), or Bank Barbs (if crest is sloped).

Description of Tie-Backs

“No Mow Stones” are designed to effectively keep riparian, wetland, near stream, & other wild areas from getting accidently mowed. If mowed, many of these important & expensive areas never recover functionality.

One study in Charlotte, NC. detailed that 26 agencies, governments, & companies mowed right-of-ways within city limits. No mow & no spray signs did not work.

St. Louis District Corps of Engineers requires that Now Mow Stones be placed to protect vulnerable areas in stream mitigation banking projects.

Functions of No Mow Stones (NMS)

FUNCTIONS

• Resists the erosive flow of the stream, only stabilizes the toe, does not protect mid and upper bank areas.

• "Smoothed" longitudinal alignment results in improved flow alignment.

• Success depends on ability of stone to launch into scour holes formed on the river side of the LPSTP.

• Weight of stone in the LPSTP (loading of toe) might resist some shallow-fault geotechnical bank failures.

• Captures alluvium & upslope failed material on bank side of structure.

Functions of Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection

HISTORY

• One of the more universal bank protection methods. Very versatile, works well in a wide variety of situations.

• Pioneered by Vicksburg District Corps of Engineers in the late 1960’s. Probably 300 miles of LPSTP applied @ a rate of 1 to 2 tons/ft on Mississippi small to large sand-silt bed streams. Long history since early 1970’s of nearly maintenance free functionality. Very few failures recorded.

HISTORY OF LPSTP/LFSTP

APPLICABILITY

APPLICABILITY OF LPSTP/LFSTP

• Where the bank must be built back out into the stream (realignment of channel or a “false bankline” needed to gain space between stream & object requiring protection)

• Construction of & protection for a backfilled vegetative bench or terrace for habitat improvement and/or velocity attenuation) or to increase space between stream & object requiring protection

APPLICABILITY OF LPSTP/LFSTP

• Where a minimal continuous bank protection is needed.

• Good where outer bank alignment makes abrupt changes

• Works well in combination with other methods (Hydraulic Cover Stones, Bendway Weirs, vanes, barbs, J-Hooks, and/or Locked Limbs/Locked Logs, and/or bioengineering within the stone {joint planting, Bent Willow Poles} or immediately behind stone {Live Siltation, Living Dikes}, & veg in mid/upper bank areas {brush layering, Slit Brush Layering, transplants, Living Dikes, Dead Dikes, rooted stock or container plants}.

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS

DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR LPSTP KEYS • LPSTP must be deeply keyed into the bank at both the upstream and

downstream ends and at regular intervals along its entire length. Charlie Elliott’s spacing rules-of-thumb for keys in flat-sloped sand bed water bodies: 50 to 100 ft intervals on smaller streams, 1 to 2 bankfull widths on larger waterways.

• Keys at the upstream and downstream ends of LPSTP should not be at a 90 degree angle to the LPSTP structure, but at 20 to 30 degrees to HIGH FLOW.

• Keys should go far enough back into the river bank so river erosion & migration will not flank the key & the LPSTP.

• Keys should be vegetated if possible. Key length can be extended with vegetation alone in some cases.

• Volume of material per ft of key should equal or exceed the volume of material per ft in the LPSTP. Stone max. size & gradation should be the same as the stone used in the LPSTP & Tie-Backs

• Minimum key width should be three times the D-100 of the stone used

Mid-project keys (red lines) are perpendicular to high flow & connect the tie-back to the bank

Tie-backs (blue lines) connect the LPSTP to the key. The

key, sometimes called the key

root or keyway, is dug into the

bank.

LPSTP (black line)20-30

degrees

Flow

Key designs for continuous

bank protection

Both the upstream & downstream keys should be angled 20 to 30 degrees to high flow. All keys are vegetated & soil choked

Downstream key

Upstream keyInner bank20-30

degreesLongitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection

Outer bank

Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection (LPSTP)

As-built

After a couple of high flow events stream has

scoured at the toe & stone has self-adjusted

Sediment can deposit landward of the LPSTP

Johnson Creek, MS. Pre-project, rapidly eroding near-vertical bank {rural, sand bed, slope < 1%, pool-

riffle-pool, meandering, incised}

Mini case study: 1 of 3


Johnson Creek, MS. As-built protection consists of Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe protection (LPSTP) applied at 1 ton/ lineal ft (3 ft tall)

Johnson Creek-LPSTP one year later (note volunteer willow growth)


Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection {installed 1977, picture taken Sept 2003} at Batapan Bogue,

Grenada, MS. LPSTP has launched as

intended (note steep angle of repose), armored the

scour hole as expected, & mature vegetation is

assisting with overall bank stability

CASE STUDY- Hickahala Creek Pipeline Protection Project at milepost 347.64

Tate County, Senatobia, MS Constructed Sept. 2003

Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection {LFSTP} with upper bank

paving

LPSTP BUILT FROM SELF-ADJUSTING, SELF-FILTERING

STONE, EXCESSIVE SCOUR SHOWN

Undercut & launched, original height of protection is reduced

As-built cross-section, note angle of repose 1:1.5 to 1:1.25

Reduced height of protection

Undercut angle of repose is steeper than original

Looking US at the entire stream trying to flow underneath the exposed pipeline, the first bend downstream of a long straight stretch is hard to repair, the water does not want to turn!!! This stream put sediment 1,000 ft in a straight line out into the farmer’s field & scoured the field.

Area of interest.

Flow attack angle

September-26-2003

Bank Paving

LPSTP 5 ton/ft

toe

LPSTP & bank paving totaled 8 tons/ft on this bank!

Hickahalla Creek, Senatobia, MS. Constructed Sept 2003. Looking US at impinging flow impact zone. Note steep angle where LPSTP was undercut & launched (self-adjusted). Several years later this

bank is still stable & vegetated

April 2006

Original angle of repose

Launched angle of repose

Note steep angle where LPSTP was undercut and launched (self-adjusted)

LOOKING US, JULY 2004

March 2007

4 years after construction, very

stable, veg growing well

April 19, 2011

7 years later, bank steep near water

but very stable, Veg growing well on 2 ft

of deposition on stone, rock has not launched since high

flows hit shortly after construction

3 MINI LPSTP CASE STUDIES

Over-launching of LPSTP due to excessive scour, S. Fork Tillatoba Creek, installed 1972, photographed 1998

Brushy Creek, IL. Looking DS. About 0.75 ton/ft of self-adjusting

stone, which is about the minimum that can be used. Note that

contractor worked from top bank & really beat up a lot of the good

upper bank vegetation.

Pix by Wayne Kinney Minimal LPSTP

Looking DS on Harland Cr. Tchula, MS, very smooth transition in the

downstream direction from one ton/ft LPSTP to full bank paving (tree area)

Transitioning from LPSTP to full bank paving

COMBINATIONS OF RESISTIVE & REDIRECTIVE METHODS:

CASE STUDY- Duck Creek East of Eastern Avenue, Davenport, Iowa

(View the construction video) Constructed June-July. 2008

Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection {LFSTP} with interspaced Short Bendway Weirs & Locked Logs

20-30 degrees

Flow

LPSTP with Bendway Weirs & Locked Logs

modified from: www.E-SenSS.com

Bendway Weirs at intervals, keyed into

the LPSTP. Designed to act as a system to

realign the thalweg & reduce velocities near

the LPSTP

Downstream key

Upstream key

Inner bank20-30 degrees

Outer bankLocked Logs

FROM DOWNSTREAM

LOOKING UPSTREAM AT THE THALWEG

ALIGNMENT

Looking US @ thalweg realigned by Bendway Weirs & Locked Logs

CONSTRUCTION-DUCK CR. E. OF EASTERN AVE. PIX BY DERRICK 7-1-2008

Same pix as previous, but with thalwegs delineated.


Old thalweg alignment

new thalweg alignment

From DS looking US @ thalweg trace.


3 YEARS AFTER PROJECT

COMPLETION Looking US to DS

Photos: Brian StinemanSEPTEMBER 2011

3 YEARS LATER-From DS bend looking US. All stable & fully functional. Great diversity & complexity of vegetation.

3 YEARS LATER-DUCK CR-BRIAN STINEMAN 9-2011

3 YEARS LATER-Looking US in the bite of the bend @ Bendway Weirs & Locked Logs providing hyd. roughness & habitat


3 YEARS LATER-Looking DS @ a well vegetated bank & overbank riparian corridor. All stable. Bendway Weirs & Locked Logs

providing complexity in the channel ,


COMBINATIONS OF RESISTIVE & BIOENGINEERING METHODS:CASE STUDY – Elton Creek DS of

Freedom 6 Bridge, Cattaraugus County, New York

Constructed in 3 days Oct. 2007 Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe

Protection {LPSTP} with Joint Planting, Live Siltation & Living Dikes (Shrub

Willow transplants)

Looking US at eroded bank. Bob is 6 ft 4” (for scale).

PRE-PROJECT-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 6 Bridge-derrick-May 17, 2007

Install one-half of the Longitudinal Peaked Stone Toe Protection (LPSTP).

Elton Creek near Freedom 6 Bridge, Freedom, NY

Road

BOTTOM LAYER IS JOINT PLANTING & TOP LAYER IS LIVE

SILTATION {Willow branches about 1-2 inches in diameter, 6 to 8 ft long, 2/3 in ground, 1/3 out, intermixed with Silky & Red

Osier Dogwood that is 4 to 6 ft long}

Install adventitious rooting Willow Poles

Road


Install remainder of LPSTP. Side slopes will be at the angle of repose


Road

Looking DS. Vegetation integrated thru LPSTP.

Under construction-Elton Creek DS of Freedom 6 Bridge-derrick-Oct 2007

Install top row of Live Siltation over top of

LPSTP stone.


Road

Looking US at installed Live Siltation (willow & dogwood).


TRANSPLANTING LARGE SHRUB

WILLOWS AS LIVING DIKES

Multi-stem (20 to 40 stems) bushes approx. 14 to 24 ft tall, transplanted as a single clump,

with roots in trench directly behind the LPSTP. Tops of

branches were trimmed & used as Live Poles (6 to 10 ft long).

Drawing by Robert Shenk, Catt County Soil & Water

THE PLAN – ELTON CREEK DS OF FREEDOM 6 BRIDGE

FLOW

WILLOW BUSH TRANSPLANTATIO

N


Road

Dig trenches to receive

willow bushes

Looking DS at LPSTP, backfilled bank, & dug trench.


Another good-sized willow bush transplant.


Transplant large multi-stem Willow Bushes


Road

Gently placing willow bush in trench.


Close-up of willow bush & cuttings.



Road

Water in & backfill

Looking US at LPSTP, Live Siltation, & transplants.


All veg in this pix was installed in 45 minutes.


Veg planted on a grid, Live Siltation in front & transplants


Live Siltation

Willow shrub

transplants &

willow poles

Joint Planting

19 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom 6 Br.-Derrick-June. 9, 2009

1 growing season & 2 more growing months after completion. From point bar looking @ right bank. This is the 50 ft of Live Siltation &

two large willow bush transplants that took 45 minutes to install.

32 MONTHS LATER-Elton Cr. DS of Freedom Br.-Derrick-June 15, 2010

2 years & 8 more growing months after completion. From point bar looking @ right bank. This is the 50 ft of Live Siltation & two large willow

bush transplants that took 45 minutes to install. Veg is very robust.

Design Rules-of-Thumb for LPSTP(developed from experience in Mississippi on incised,

relatively flat-sloped, sand bed streams)

• Dr. Dave Biedenharn recommends that if you have never used LPSTP in your area, get a designer with LPSTP experience to design your first project!

• If there is the opportunity to build a demonstration project do so. Either test different heights of LPSTP in a number of similar bends, or for testing in a single bend start at the upstream end with a reasonably tall 50 ft long section of LPSTP (take the amount of stone calculated from consideration #2 and add 4 ft to the height). Continue in the downstream direction reducing height in 1 ft increments until an unusually small amount of stone is used (3 ft below low-flow water surface elevation for example, or below the vegetation line if one exists). After a reasonable time and at least two flood or long-duration high-flow events the sections that failed will provide some guidance for the minimum effective crest height

• At this time, no specific design criteria exists that relates the crest elevation of LPSTP to the channel forming discharge, effective discharge, or dominant discharge.

• One ton of LPSTP/per lineal ft is approx. 3 ft tall (using limestone@110lbs/cu ft)• Two tons/per lineal ft is approx. 5 ft tall (height calculations from Vicksburg Dist.)• Three tons of LPSTP/per lineal ft is approx. 6 ft tall 7.5 tons is 9.5 ft tall• Four tons of LPSTP/per lineal ft is approx. 7 ft tall 10 tons is 11 ft tall• Six tons of LPSTP/per lineal ft is approx. 8.5 ft tall 14 tons is 13 ft tallPg 1 of 3

Design Rules-of-Thumb for LPSTP(continued)

Maximum stone size and correct gradation can be generated using any of many available riprap sizing design programs (“ChanlPro”, WEST Consultants “RIPRAP”, etc.)

* Consideration #1: The minimum amount of stone that would have a launchable component to any degree, would be ½ to ¾ of a ton of stone per ft. The ½ ton/ft amount would provide a triangular section of stone approximately 2 ft tall.

* Consideration #2: Maximum scour depth in the bend should be numerically calculated, or estimated from field investigations (depths might be underestimated due to in-filling of scour holes during the falling side of the high-water hydrograph). Typically 1 ton of stone will protect against every 3 ft of scour. Amount of stone required to amour the estimated maximum scour depth should be calculated, and a factor of safety added. ** If scour is greater than 3 ft (as calculated in Consideration #2) then a Longitudinal Fill Stone Toe Protection (LFSTP) should be considered.

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Design Rules-of-Thumb for LPSTP(continued)

* Consideration #3: If there is a vegetation line, the mature well-established section of the veg line should be analyzed, and if Considerations #1 and 2 are met, then the veg. line elevation would be the absolute minimum crest elevation. But, since plants immediately above the vegetation line are typically not very robust, and there is no factor of safety included, this minimum crest height should be increased at least 2 to 4 ft or more, dependant on situation.

• Consideration #4: The height of the bend’s opposite bank pointbar bench should be analyzed. If the point bar bench height is taller than the crest of the designed LPSTP, then consideration should be addressed as to whether the LPSTP height should be raised to a height equal to, or taller than, the pointbar bench elevation.

• Scour estimation and various methods of positioning launchable stone are discussed in CORPS Engineering Manual “EM-1601, Chapter 3”

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LONGITUDINAL FILL STONE TOE PROTECTION

{LFSTP}Same as LPSTP but the

crest has a width!!

• Description -Longitudinal Fill Stone Toe Protection (LFSTP) is similar to LPSTP, except that instead of coming to a peak, the crest has a specified width. Therefore, LFSTP has a trapezoidal cross-section as compared to the triangular cross-section of LPSTP.

• Advantages - Same as LPSTP. In addition, in areas of deep scour LFSTP provides sufficient rock to self-adjust (launch) into the scour hole while still maintaining its original crest height.

• Design considerations - The maximum scour depth should be calculated. The volume of stone required to launch into and armor the scour hole (with an appropriate margin-of-safety incorporated into the design) should be calculated. Based on these calculations, the crest width (volume of launchable stone needed from the LFSTP) can then be back-calculated.

Longitudinal Fill Stone Toe Protection {LFSTP} (also called a “Weighted Toe” or a “Reinforced Revetment”)

Typical colluvium & alluvium deposition (note swale, good for wetland plants but can

drown young planted willow) LFSTP is similar to LPSTP but it has a crest width!

Longitudinal Fill Stone Toe Protection (LFSTP)

Longitudinal Fill Stone Toe Protection (LFSTP)

Original height of protection still maintained after stone has launched into deep scour hole

COMBINATIONS OF RESISTIVE, REDIRECTIVE, &

BIOENGINEERING METHODS:CASE STUDY- Cattaraugus Creek @

Savage Road, Sardinia, New YorkConstructed October 2004

A FALSE BANKLINE USING “DUG-IN” LFSTP WITH LIVE SILTATION, A

VEGETATED FLOODPLAIN BENCH & BENDWAY WEIRS

LFSTP

LFSTP False Bankline & Created Floodplain Bench

On gravel-cobble streams the LFSTP can be dug below stream invert, hard to do in sand

Live Siltation

Pole plantingsSlit-trench plantingsLiving Dikes

Backfill

Original bankline

LFSTP False Bankline All stone streamward of

the red line can self-adjust, & the original design

height of the protection is still maintained

Backfill

Original bankline

LIVE SILTATION BEHIND & OVER THE

TOP OF THE LONGITUDINAL FILL

STONE TOE PROTECTION (LFSTP)

The secret to success with willows is to get the basal ends down into the water, or the vadose zone. Looking US. Live Siltation willows are

behind & over the top of the LFSTP.

Looking US at Live Siltation behind

LFSTP, placing fine-grained material from DS end of

opposite bank point bar (growing

medium for Live Siltation).

Looking US at completed project with all LPSTP with Live Siltation,

Rock Vane, Bendway Weirs and the floodplain bench in place

Jumping a year ahead, looking US at the same floodplain bench, note good veg growth. Aug 29, 2005

Looking DS at Live Siltation, it will provide shade

quickly over water and LFSTP.

Looking DS at Live Siltation behind LFSTP, Catt Creek at Savage Road.

Live Siltation Aug 29, 2005, end of first growing season after

installation. Note 2 Bendway Weirs

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