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Title: Evaluation of an experimental jet fluidizer for removal of sand waves in the Columbia River. Report 1, 1987 exercise
Authors: Improvement of Operations and Maintenance Techniques Research Program (U.S.)
Martin, William D.
Banks, Glynn E.
Alexander, Michael P.
Keywords: Dredging
Jet fluidizer
Sand waves
Navigation channels
Fluidization
Columbia River
Oregon
Publisher: Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S.)
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.: Miscellaneous paper (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; HL-90-4 rept.1.
Description: Miscellaneous Paper
Abstract: In 1987, the US Army Engineer District, Portland, sponsored an innovative dredging operation to remove sand waves from a portion of the Columbia River navigation channel. Sand wave development and crest protrusion into the navigation channel along the Columbia River is a routine maintenance problem for the Portland District. Sand wave removal with conventional dredging equipment is effective, but often inefficient. A jet fluidizer dredge plant, designed and constructed by Western Pacific Dredging Company, was selected for this exercise. It operated on the concept of hydraulically leveling sand wave crest material into adjacent below-project depth trough sections. This report evaluates the jet fluidizer field performance.
Rights: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/10716
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