Houston ship channel, Galveston Bay, Texas EM dash report 1 Hydraulic and salinity verification

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1973

Authors

Bobb WH
Boland RAJ
Banchetti AJ

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Abstract

The Houston Ship Channel model, a fixed-bed model constructed to linear scale ratios of 1:600 horizontally and 1:60 vertically was equipped with necessary appurtenances for the accurate reproduction and measurement of tides, tidal currents, salinity intrusion, freshwater inflow, density effects, shoaling, and other important prototype phenomena. The purpose of the model study was to determine if the present cost of maintenance dredging can be reduced by proposed plans involving channel realignments, partial or complete diking of connecting bays, sediment traps, dikes in Galveston Bay, local contractions, enlargements, and other remedial measures

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Dredging, HYDRAULIC MODELS, Inland waterways, Maintenance, Texas, Tides, WATER RESOURCES - Salt Water Intrusion

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