Location and Design of Wave Absorber, Gary Harbor, Indiana: Hydraulic Model Investigation.
Abstract
Hydraulic model tests were conducted to determine whether navigation conditions in Gary Harbor would be adversely affected by waves reflected from an adjacent vertical-wall bulkhead proposed for construction by the United States Steel Corporation, Gary, Ind. From tests of a 1:150-scale, fixed-bed model of the harbor, it was determined that the proposed bulk-head would reflect waves that would be hazardous to navigation, and that a 4450-ft-long rubble wave absorber would have to be placed along the structure to reduce the heights of reflected waves in the navigation channel to the level of the waves that now occur in the channel.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1959
- Accession Number
- AD0760936
Entities
People
- J. G. Housley