Vessel Wake Prediction Tool

Abstract

The purpose of this Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) is to introduce a desktop application that can be used as a screening tool to assess the relative contribution of vessel wake energy to erosion as compared to that from currents and tides. The application uses simplified algorithms reported in the literature that predict wake height as a function of vessel speed and other parameters. The tool also estimates the maximum shear stress and energy dissipation, which are used as a proxy for erosion potential. This CHETN presents a brief description of the vessel wake algorithms and then describes the desktop application software to help familiarize the user with the layout and other features. The CHETN concludes with conditional limitations that should be considered before using the application.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1092183

Entities

People

  • Michael A. Hartman
  • Richard Styles

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Army
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Coefficients
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Deep Water
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Grain Size
  • Group Velocity
  • Inland Waterways
  • Mechanics
  • Mississippi River
  • Navigation
  • Ocean Waves
  • Regression Analysis
  • Reliability
  • Rivers
  • Shear Stresses
  • Tidal Currents
  • Tidal Power
  • User Interface
  • Waterways
  • Wave Power

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Regression Analysis.