Design of Inland Navigation Fairways
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 109, Issue 1
Abstract
A design technique for inland navigation fairways is developed. In this method, three main phases are distinguished: economic studies, initial design phase, and final design phase. The last stage of the economic studies consists of the modal split. Qne of the results of the modal split is the volumes of commodities to be transported by inland navigation. These data are among many others required to cope with the initial design. During the initial design, all aspects involved are dealt with in a very general way: experience, non‐complicated models and “rules of thumb” play an important role. In the final design phase, the results obtained are refined using sophisticated mathematical models and small‐scale hydraulic models. Refinement studies may be carried out to study maneuvering, speed prediction, design of bank protections, and sedimentation. All studies are strongly interrelated, and a thorough coordination of the disciplines involved is essential. It is shown that the design technique has an iterative character in which cost‐benefit analysis and ranking matrices, or both play an important role.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 109 • Issue 1 • February 1983
Pages: 18 - 30
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Copyright © 1983 ASCE.
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Published online: Feb 1, 1983
Published in print: Feb 1983
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