Tidal Inlet Equilibrium Area Experiments, Inlet Laboratory Investigations

Abstract

This study was designed to examine the relationship among channel area, tidal period, tidal prism, and maximum channel velocity. Movable-bed model experiments were run to define an equilibrium area for different tidal periods and sediments. The magnitude of the areas measured provided additional data for the relationship of the tidal prism versus minimum channel area in a size range slightly larger than previous laboratory data in the continuum to very large field inlets. These data may help define the tidal prism-minimum channel cross-sectional area relationship in the midrange channel size.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA397931

Entities

People

  • Bettye E. Stephens
  • David B. King Jr.
  • William C. Seabergh

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Data Sets
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Grain Size
  • Measurement
  • Models
  • Research Facilities
  • Sediments
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Tidal Currents
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Mathematics or Statistics