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Dec 31, 2015
Importance of Handling Losses to Beach Fill Design
Authors: R. D. Hobson and W. R. JamesAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1978
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Beach nourishment models commonly employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers compare textural properties of native beach and dissimilar borrow sediments to determine overfill and renourishment requirements for beach fill projects. It is assumed for these comparisons that the texture of borrow sediments is unchanged by dredging and handling operations but investigations have shown that significant handling losses do, in fact, occur.
This paper presents results from four field studies that document textural changes caused by dredging and sediment handling at Rockaway Beach, NY, and at New River Inlet, NC. Errors associated with calculating volumes of sediment dredged and lost using standard surveying and production methods are discussed and an alternate method is presented as a handling-loss model that compares bottom and dredged sediment texture to determine volumes lost.
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Coastal Engineering 1978
Pages: 1873 - 1887
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© 1978 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Dec 31, 2015
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R. D. Hobson
Coastal Engineering Research Center, Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
W. R. James
U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia.
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