Shoaling Processes in Navigable Waters
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 109, Issue 2
Abstract
Sedimentation processes in our nation's waterways and harbors are controlled by a complex array of physical and chemical factors that are known only in general terms. Evaluation of hydrodynamic processes and identification of null points are the most useful methods in predicting shoaling in navigation channels. Physicochemical processes controlling sedimentation are complex interactions of suspended solids and water chemistry which are in the early stages of infancy in respect to our understanding and interpretation. While significant advances in understanding of sediment transport phenomena have occurred in the last several years, much remains to assemble this information into a coherent fabric that allows it to be applied toward reducing maintenance dredging. Maintenance dredging to sustain navigation channels annually involves removal of more than 350 million cubic yards of shoaling materials in our waterways. This paper presents an integrated view of the shoaling processes.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 109 • Issue 2 • May 1983
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