Model study of Galveston harbor entrance, Texas. Hydraulic model investigation.

Date

1969

Authors

Simmons, H.B.
Boland, R.A., Jr.

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Publisher

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station

Abstract

The purposes of the Galveston Harbor model study were to: (a) develop plans for relocation and stabilization of the jetty channel on an alignment and at a depth suitable for the safe passage of supertankers; (b) determine means for protecting the north jetty from the undermining action of tidal currents; (c) determine the shoaling characteristics of the relocated and deepened inner bar portion of the jetty channel, and develop plans for minimizing shoaling in the relocated channel; (d) determine the shoaling characteristics of the deepened outer bar portion of the jetty channel; and (e) determine the best locations for additional anchorage area within the jetty channel or in Bolivar Roads.

Description

391 pgs.

Keywords

port installations, ship canals, navigational channels, channels, tidal currents

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