Sediment management alternatives for the port of Gulfport, Mississippi.

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• Alternative Title:
  Port sedimentation solutions - Gulf Coast : sedimentation management alternatives for the port of Gulfport.
• Creators:
  Davis, Trey E. ; McAnally, William H.
• Corporate Creators:
  Mississippi State University. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Corporate Contributors:
  Mississippi. Dept. of Transportation. Research Division ; United States. Federal Highway Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Design
  • Ports
  • Sedimentation
  • Simulation
  • Suspended sediments
  • Waterways
  • Gulfport
  • port
  • waterway
  • navigation
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA/MS-DOT-RD-10-199 ; MS-DOT-RD-10-199
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States ; Mississippi
• Edition:
  Final report
• Corporate Publisher:
  Mississippi. Dept. of Transportation
• Abstract:
  The objective of the project is to develop solutions to reduce sediment problems within the Port of Gulfport, MS and to introduce a working ; simulation model to reinforce the importance of throughput within the Port of Gulfport. Sediment deposition causes and solutions will be studied ; along a brief explanation of the hindrance of dredging to vessel throughput within the port. ; Ports along the Mississippi Gulf Coast experience large amounts of sediment deposition within their ports and ship channels. The primary tool for ; sediment removal is dredging, which can be very expensive and create downtimes within port operations. Research will study existing deposited ; material to determine its sources and suggest solutions for reduction of sediment deposition using structures, technologies and/or practices. ; Instruments used for such studies were clam shell dredges, Niskin tubes, and automatic water samplers to test bed sediment gradation, ; suspended point sediments and tidal variations in suspended sediments, respectively. Additionally, fluid mud data were retrieved from the U.S. ; Army Corps of Engineers Engineering Research and Development Center. This combination of data assisted in the development of solutions for ; the reduction or prevention of sediment deposition within the port. Further, research was performed to compare the estimated allowable ; throughput without dredging to throughput with dredging. This throughput estimation is shown in a simulated model.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  State Study 199
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/30867/dot_30867_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 5.84 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:db5b83870288a1b20d8e4b9c074fa09798ac436fc12be49c90a530384a30e726