Research Article
Simulation of Sediment Discharges during an Outfall Dredging Operation
Table 3
Summary of CORMIX-GTS iterative simulations results on varying the horizontal angle of discharge for discharges at 400 m offshore.
| Sigma (degrees) | Flow class | Initial resuspension | 100 m | 500 m | 1000 m | at (m) | Total (kg/m3) | Clay (kg/m3) | Total (kg/m3) | Clay (kg/m3) | Total (kg/m3) | Clay (kg/m3) | Total (kg/m3) | Clay (kg/m3) |
| 0 | IV5 | 22.12 | 3.76 | 1.58 | 4.12 | 1.86 | 1.70 | 0.84 | 1.07 | 0.58 | 15 | IV5 | 21.91 | 3.61 | 1.52 | 4.11 | 1.86 | 1.71 | 0.85 | 1.07 | 0.58 | 30 | IV5 | 21.27 | 3.46 | 1.45 | 4.13 | 1.86 | 1.73 | 0.86 | 1.09 | 0.59 | 45 | IV5 | 30.99 | 0.23 | 0.11 | 0.67 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.20 | 0.32 | 0.16 | 60 | IV5 | 29.24 | 0.23 | 0.10 | 0.70 | 0.31 | 0.45 | 0.21 | 0.34 | 0.17 | 75 | IV5 | 26.25 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.72 | 0.33 | 0.49 | 0.23 | 0.37 | 0.19 | 90 | IV5 | 21.84 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.79 | 0.36 | 0.54 | 0.26 | 0.42 | 0.21 | 105 | IV5 | 15.94 | 0.22 | 0.10 | 0.87 | 0.41 | 0.63 | 0.31 | 0.50 | 0.26 | 120 | IV5 | 9.40 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.74 | 0.34 | 0.35 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.11 | 135 | IV5 | 8.98 | 0.21 | 0.09 | 0.70 | 0.32 | 0.37 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 0.12 |
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