Demonstration of the SSFATE Numerical Modeling System

Abstract

This technical note presents a demonstration of the SSFATE (Suspended Sediment FATE) model. SSFATE fulfills a need for a suspended sediment plume modeling tool that enables the user to quickly and cost-effectively simulate multiple dredging project scenarios. The flexibility inherent in SSFATE, coupled with an ability to simulate most commonly used dredge plants (e.g., bucket, hydraulic pipeline, or hopper) and dredging practices (e.g., barge or hopper overflow, multiple plants operating simultaneously), is intended to assist in the negotiation process of reasonable, objectively defined environmental windows. This note exemplifies an application of SSFATE for an actual dredging project involving consideration of environmental windows.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA380004

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Bulk Materials
  • Diffusion
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Flow Fields
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Geometry
  • Materials
  • Narragansett Bay
  • New England
  • Particles
  • Rhode Island
  • Simulations
  • Standing Waves
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Three Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Riverine Ecology