Geotubes for erosion control along the Texas Gulf Intracoastal Waterway /
(GIWW) are currently eroding and wetlands are being
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1999.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| 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 |
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| 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). |