Return Velocity and Drawdown in Navigable Waterways

Abstract

This study develops techniques for estimating return velocity and drawdown from commercial vessels operating in navigable waterways and compares them to model and prototype data. Confined channel methods are modified to extend their application to large riverine navigation systems. The results are incorporated into the PC program NAVEFF with this report serving as the documentation. This study does not address other navigation effects such as waves or propeller flows shown in Figure 1. This report presents a modification and an expansion of the results presented in Maynord and Siemsen (1991) and used data from shallow draft navigation on the Ohio, Illinois, and Upper Mississippi Rivers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA286906

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  • Steve Maynord

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  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
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  • Experimental Data
  • Illinois
  • Mississippi
  • Mississippi River
  • Model Tests
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  • Ohio River
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Prototypes
  • United States
  • Waterways

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  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
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