Accession Number:

ADA459001

Title:

Deep-Draft Entrance Channels: Preliminary Comparisons Between Field and Laboratory Measurements

Descriptive Note:

Technical note

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS

Personal Author(s):

• Briggs, Michael J.
• Melito, Ivano
• Demirbilek, Zeki
• Sargent, Frank

Report Date:

2001-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

21.0

Abstract:

This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note CHETN summarizes preliminary comparisons between field and laboratory measurements of wave-induced vertical motions at Barbers Point Harbor, HI Figure 1. The importance of these wave motions to ship underkeel clearance allowances and channel depth requirements is described.

Descriptors:

• *CHANNELS(WATERWAYS)
• MEASUREMENT
• SHIPS
• FIELD TESTS
• MOTION
• DEPTH
• WAVES
• VERTICAL ORIENTATION
• LABORATORY PROCEDURES
• COASTAL ENGINEERING
• HARBORS

Subject Categories:

• Hydrology, Limnology and Potamology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE