Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas Project. Report 2: two-dimensional numerical modeling of hydrodynamics

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dc.call-noTC 175 .H68 1992 Rept. 2 GBAYen_US
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dc.contributor.authorHsin-Chi J. Linen_US
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dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:36:26Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:36:26Z
dc.date.issued1992en_US
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dc.description28 pgs., 87 platesen_US
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dc.description.abstractThe Houston-Galveston Channel Project consists of about 65 miles of deep water channels leading from the Gulf of Mexico to the Houston Turning Basin at the head of navigation and Galveston Channel, a side channel from Bolivar Roads to Galveston Harbor. The present channel dimensions are 400 ft. wide and 40 ft. deep at the mean low tide for most of the channel. The Galveston Channel is 1,125 ft. wide and 40 ft. deep at the mean low tide. This study used the TABS-MD numerical modeling system to simulate water levels and currents of different channel design conditions for Houston-Galveston navigation channels. These hydrodynamic conditions were used in a separate ship simulator study. Water level measurements at six tide gages and velocity measurements taken during a 14-hr survey on 18-20 July 1990 at five current stations were used to verify the model. A different subset of water levels from 20-22 November 1990 were used to further verify the model. The verified model was used to simulate the hydrodynamics for the existing and two proposed channel configurations of the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Channel. The peak ebb and flood currents and water levels for each design were used as computer files for use in the ship simulator study. Comparisons of existing channel velocities with those for Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the project indicate slight increases in the lower part of the Houston Ship Channel.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeUnited Statesen_US
dc.geo-codeTexasen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.geo-codeHouston Ship Channelen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Ship Channelen_US
dc.history8/4/05 easen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/26100
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dc.locationGBIC Circulating Collectionen_US
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dc.notesThis report is 2 of a series.en_US
dc.placeVicksburg, MSen_US
dc.publisherU.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Stationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries9016.20en_US
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dc.seriesTechnical report Hydraulics Laboratory 92-7 Rept. 2en_US
dc.subjectchannelsen_US
dc.subjecthydraulic engineeringen_US
dc.subjecthydrodynamicsen_US
dc.subjectmathematical modelsen_US
dc.subjectsalinityen_US
dc.titleHouston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas Project. Report 2: two-dimensional numerical modeling of hydrodynamicsen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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