Brownsville Ship Channel Hydrodynamic Modeling

Abstract

The US Army Engineer District, Galveston, requested a numerical model of hydrodynamic changes that would result from each of several possible enlargements of the Brownsville Ship Channel in Brownsville, Texas. These plans include possible deepening and widening of the ship channel from its connection to the Gulf of Mexico to the turning basin approximately 18 miles inland. The model was validated to flow, wind, and tide conditions from June 1997. Model-specific parameters for bed roughness were set and used for the plan simulations. Velocity, discharge, and water surface analyses were performed at several locations along the ship channel to determine the impacts of the proposed changes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA614587

Entities

People

  • Cassandra G. Ross
  • Jennifer N. Tate

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coast Guard
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Design Depths
  • Differential Equations
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Operating Systems
  • Roughness
  • Shallow Water
  • Simulations
  • Surfaces
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States
  • Water Resources

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering