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Apr 26, 2012
Port of Conakry: Sedimentation in the Access Channel
Authors: H. Nasner, R. Pieper, and P. TornAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Ports '01: America's Ports: Gateway to the Global Economy
Abstract
Semi diurnal tides prevail on the coast of the Republic of Guinea. During neap tides the tidal currents are not very distinct. Significant for the morphodynamic activity are the currents during mean and spring tides. It was discovered that the sedimentations in the access channel are caused by flood tide currents. These lead to eddy currents in the entrance which cause especially high rates of sedimentation. The following paper will analyse and explain the causes of the sedimentations on the basis of the results of the performed measurements. Suggestions will be made how maintenancework can be optimised. Dredging can be reduced either by alternative methods or by structural modifications.
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Ports '01: America's Ports: Gateway to the Global Economy
Pages: 1 - 9
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© 2001 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Apr 26, 2012
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Business management
- Channels (waterway)
- Coastal engineering
- Coastal processes
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Developing countries
- Dredging
- Eddy (fluid dynamics)
- Floods
- Hydraulic engineering
- Hydraulic structures
- Ocean currents
- Ports and harbors
- Practice and Profession
- River engineering
- Sediment
- Tides
- Water and water resources
- Waterways
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H. Nasner
IWA, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Neustadtswall 30, 28199 Bremen, Germany
R. Pieper
IWA, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Neustadtswall 30, 28199 Bremen, Germany
P. Torn
IWA, University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Neustadtswall 30, 28199 Bremen, Germany
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