Development & Application of STORMTOOLS Design Load Maps

Load maps were created for various environmental loads using a 100 year return period storm. Below you will find load maps for 0 ft of sea level rise (current conditions) and 5 ft of sea level rise for each of the different environmental loads. A legend is present on the bottom left corner for each of the maps. Note: Some of the map may take a moment to load.

The hydrostatic loads were calculated using the FEMA Coastal Construction Manual. Click the button below if you would like to see the process/equation used for the creation of these maps.

Hydrodynamic loads from surge were calculated using both the FEMA Coastal Construction Manual and ASCE 7-16. Maps for a 100 year storm and 0 ft of sea level rise for both methods are below. If you would like to see specifics relating to the calculations click the button below.

The hydrodynamic load due to waves was calculated using the FEMA Coastal Construction Manual. If you would like to see the full process used to calculate the hydrodynamic load due to waves, click the button below.

The wave load on a vertical wall was calculated using the FEMA Coastal Construction Manual. More information on the equation used can be found by clicking on the button below.

The wave load on a vertical pile was calculated using an equation from the FEMA Coastal Construction Manual. The exact equation can be found by clicking the button below.

The debris load was estimated using an equation from ASCE 7-16. The equation and estimations for specific parameters can be found by clicking the button below.

Total load maps were created using the values from each of the previous load map calculations.

The students used three of the environmental loads previously calculated (hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, and wave) to create damage functions using engineering criteria and analysis. For their flowchart for the process used click the button below.

Hydrostatic, hydrodynamic, and wave loads were applied individually to the two structures in Autodesk. One damage curve per applied environmental load was created by averaging the damage amounts of various individual studs and members of the structure. Below you will find four figures containing the damage curves for various scenarios.

Note: For creation of the damage curves seen below the hydrodynamic load applied is a combination of hydrodynamic and hydrostatic due to surge on the structure.

To see all damage curves created by the students click the button below.