Procedures for Preliminary Analysis of Tidal Inlet Hydraulics and Stability.

Abstract

This report summarizes procedures for calculating the maximum tidal inlet channel velocity during a tidal cycle as well as the bay tidal range and phase lag (published by King, 1974). Guidance for the application of these procedures to solve tidal inlet design problems for jettied inlets is also presented. The procedures may be applied to some unjettied inlets. A procedure is described whereby the inlet hydraulic response calculations can be combined with the appropriate tidal prism-inlet area stability relationship from Jarrett (1976) to predict the probable stable inlet cross-sectional area, if stability is possible. An example is presented that demonstrates both the hydrualic response and channel stability calculations for a jettied tidal inlet. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA049881

Entities

People

  • Robert M. Sorensen

Organizations

  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Coefficients
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Equations Of Motion
  • Frequency
  • Friction
  • Guidance
  • Hydraulics
  • Oceanographic Engineering
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Resistance
  • Sedimentation
  • United States
  • Water

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  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)