Author: S. B. Heltzel
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Languages : en
Pages : 52
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The Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River is the main navigation outlet to the Gulf of Mexico. As a part of planned efforts to stabilize the banks of the Southwest Pass and reduce maintenance dredging, improvements on the lower part of the river near the entrance were being reviewed due to the significant costs of this portion, in particular, the concrete pile inner bulkhead in the jetty reach. This report details an investigation which had as its primary objective to produce an alternative design which is lower in construction costs and provides comparable reduction of channel sedimentation relative to the inner bulkhead plan. This objective was undertaken by consideration of plans which modify the existing dike fields along the Southwest Pass channel. Seven plans (Plans A-G) and existing conditions were evaluated using the TABS-2 finite element numerical model RMA-2V to provide the flow fields and the Memphis District method and Colby's method for sediment transport capacities. The plan dike fields were developed as a logical progression by consideration of the uniformity of the longitudinal channel velocity and sediment transport capacity. Results indicate that the important element is the extension of the dike fields back to the jetty to prevent flow out of the channel and behind the dikes. Plan E, which involves the extension of only six existing dikes, provides nearly the same velocity profile and transport capacity as the inner bulkhead design (Plan G) at a fraction of the construction costs. Thus this plan is the recommended design.
An Analysis of Training Structure Designs in Southwest Pass, Mississippi River
Author: S. B. Heltzel
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Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River is the main navigation outlet to the Gulf of Mexico. As a part of planned efforts to stabilize the banks of the Southwest Pass and reduce maintenance dredging, improvements on the lower part of the river near the entrance were being reviewed due to the significant costs of this portion, in particular, the concrete pile inner bulkhead in the jetty reach. This report details an investigation which had as its primary objective to produce an alternative design which is lower in construction costs and provides comparable reduction of channel sedimentation relative to the inner bulkhead plan. This objective was undertaken by consideration of plans which modify the existing dike fields along the Southwest Pass channel. Seven plans (Plans A-G) and existing conditions were evaluated using the TABS-2 finite element numerical model RMA-2V to provide the flow fields and the Memphis District method and Colby's method for sediment transport capacities. The plan dike fields were developed as a logical progression by consideration of the uniformity of the longitudinal channel velocity and sediment transport capacity. Results indicate that the important element is the extension of the dike fields back to the jetty to prevent flow out of the channel and behind the dikes. Plan E, which involves the extension of only six existing dikes, provides nearly the same velocity profile and transport capacity as the inner bulkhead design (Plan G) at a fraction of the construction costs. Thus this plan is the recommended design.
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River is the main navigation outlet to the Gulf of Mexico. As a part of planned efforts to stabilize the banks of the Southwest Pass and reduce maintenance dredging, improvements on the lower part of the river near the entrance were being reviewed due to the significant costs of this portion, in particular, the concrete pile inner bulkhead in the jetty reach. This report details an investigation which had as its primary objective to produce an alternative design which is lower in construction costs and provides comparable reduction of channel sedimentation relative to the inner bulkhead plan. This objective was undertaken by consideration of plans which modify the existing dike fields along the Southwest Pass channel. Seven plans (Plans A-G) and existing conditions were evaluated using the TABS-2 finite element numerical model RMA-2V to provide the flow fields and the Memphis District method and Colby's method for sediment transport capacities. The plan dike fields were developed as a logical progression by consideration of the uniformity of the longitudinal channel velocity and sediment transport capacity. Results indicate that the important element is the extension of the dike fields back to the jetty to prevent flow out of the channel and behind the dikes. Plan E, which involves the extension of only six existing dikes, provides nearly the same velocity profile and transport capacity as the inner bulkhead design (Plan G) at a fraction of the construction costs. Thus this plan is the recommended design.
An Analysis of Training Structure Designs in Southwest Pass
Author: Samuel B. Heltzel
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Publisher:
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Category : Mississippi River
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Selected Water Resources Abstracts
List of Publications of the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
Author: U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station
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Category : Hydraulic engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Category : Hydraulic engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1786
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1786
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
Selected Water Resources Abstracts
Government Reports Announcements & Index
Energy and water development appropriations for 1987
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
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Languages : en
Pages : 1750
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Languages : en
Pages : 1750
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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 1987: Corps of Engineers
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1748
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Category : Energy development
Languages : en
Pages : 1748
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