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https://hdl.handle.net/11681/42501| Title: | Sediment transport modeling at Stono Inlet and adjacent beaches, South Carolina |
| Authors: | Li, Honghai. Maze, Grace M. Conner, Kevin B. Hazelton, John M. |
| Keywords: | Dredging Dredging spoil Folly Beach (S.C.) Hydrodynamics Sedimentation and deposition Sediment transport Stono Inlet (S.C.) |
| Publisher: | Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (U.S.) Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.) |
| Series/Report no.: | Technical Report (Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)) ; no. ERDC/CHL TR-21-19 |
| Abstract: | This report documents a numerical modeling investigation for dredged material from nearshore borrow areas and placed on Folly Beach adjacent to Stono Inlet, South Carolina. Historical and newly collected wave and hydrodynamic data around the inlet were assembled and analyzed. The datasets were used to calibrate and validate a coastal wave, hydrodynamic and sediment transport model, the Coastal Modeling System. Sediment transport and morphology changes within and around the immediate vicinity of the Stono Inlet estuarine system, including sand borrow areas and nearshore Folly Beach area, were evaluated. Results of model simulations show that sand removal in the borrow areas increases material backfilling, which is more significant in the nearshore than the offshore borrow areas. In the nearshore Folly Beach area, the dominant flow and sediment transport directions are from the northeast to the southwest. Net sediment gain occurs in the central and southwest sections while net sediment loss occurs in the northeast section of Folly Island. A storm and a 1-year simulation developed for the study produce a similar pattern of morphology changes, and erosion and deposition around the borrow areas and the nearshore Folly Beach area. |
| Description: | Technical Report |
| Gov't Doc #: | ERDC/CHL TR-21-19 |
| Rights: | Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited |
| URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11681/42501 http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/42501 |
| Size: | 114 pages / 27.82 MB |
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| Appears in Collections: | Technical Report |
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