Geotubes for erosion control along the Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway /

(GIWW) are currently eroding and wetlands are being

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cobb, David Earl, 1973-
Format: Thesis eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified] ; 1999.
Subjects:
Online Access:Link to OAKTrust copy
Description
Summary:(GIWW) are currently eroding and wetlands are being
A major concern however is scour around these
along the GIWW can coexist with a maintenance dredging
along the GIWW. With the advent of high strength
Areas along the Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway ographics.
barge on the hydrodynamics around a gesture. Results
been used in many applications such as groins,
characteristics of the material, and software has been
contain the dredged material, and resist erosion once
developed to aid in the design.
estimates the amount of material needed to fill the
hydraulic dredge with dredged material. Geotubes
in place. They are designed based on the soil
is inevitable. The use of gestures to prevent this
jeopardized and if not combated, the loss of wetlands
loss is a novel and less costly method. Geotubes have
method to prevent scour. A multi use cost estimation
needed to prevent scour and preserve the structure.
placed along the GIWW are designed to withstand the
pressures of filling, provide sufficient permeability,
project and estimate the time for a project and
project. A physical model built in a shallow water
reclamation works, dune reinforcement, and can be used
revetments, containment dikes, breakwaters,
showed that velocities around the end of a gesture are
structures once in place. Scour aprons are a standard
synthetics, gestures can be filled directly from a
the greatest and other methods besides an apron may be
tool was developed to estimate the cost of a gesture
tube. Two examples illustrated that a gesture project
wave basin was used to model the effects of a passing
Item Description:"Major subject: Ocean Engineering".
Vita.
Physical Description:x, 128 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Also available online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-74).