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Title:	Houston Ship Channel numerical model update and validation
Authors:	McAlpin, Jennifer N. Ross, Cassandra G.
Keywords:	Coastal engineering--Mathematical models Houston Ship Channel (Tex.) Hydrodynamics Inland navigation Sedimentation and deposition Sediment transport
Publisher:	Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.:	Technical Report (Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)) ; no. ERDC/CHL TR-23-9
Abstract:	The Houston Ship Channel (HSC) is one of the busiest deep-draft navigation channels in the United States and must be able to accommodate increasing vessel sizes. The US Army Corps of Engineers, Galveston District (SWG), requested the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, update and revalidate a previously developed three-dimensional Adaptive Hydraulics (AdH) hydrodynamic and sediment model of the HSC, Galveston, and Trinity Bays. The model is necessary for analyzing potential impacts on salinity, sediment, and hydrodynamics due to alternatives designed to reduce shoaling in the HSC. SWG requested an updated validation of the previously developed AdH model of this area to calendar years 2010 and 2017, utilizing newly collected sediment data. Updated model inputs were supplied for riverine suspended sediment loads as well as for the ocean tidal boundary condition. The updated model shows good agreement to field data in most conditions but also indicates potential issues with freshwater flow inputs as well as the ocean salinity boundary condition.
Description:	Technical Report
Gov't Doc #:	ERDC/CHL TR-23-9
Rights:	Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited
URI:	https://hdl.handle.net/11681/47498 http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/47498
Appears in Collections:	Technical Report