Research Article
Simulation of Sediment Discharges during an Outfall Dredging Operation
Table 4
Summary of CORMIX-GTS iterative simulations results on varying the ambient velocity for discharges at 800 m offshore.
| Ambient velocity (m/s) | 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) |
| 0.3 | IV5 | 26.12 | 11.89 | 5.42 | 9.13 | 4.45 | 4.85 | 2.92 | 3.36 | 2.21 | 0.35 | IV5 | 25.47 | 11.53 | 5.21 | 9.38 | 4.49 | 4.96 | 2.92 | 3.37 | 2.17 | 0.4 | IV5 | 25.00 | 11.03 | 4.95 | 9.20 | 4.33 | 5.02 | 2.89 | 3.36 | 2.12 | 0.45 | IV3 | 24.80 | 10.47 | 4.66 | 8.81 | 4.10 | 5.01 | 2.81 | 3.31 | 2.05 | 0.5 | IV2 | 23.79 | 7.64 | 3.26 | 7.21 | 3.28 | 3.61 | 1.87 | 2.29 | 1.30 | 0.55 | IV2 | 24.37 | 7.56 | 3.21 | 7.06 | 3.20 | 3.85 | 1.98 | 2.45 | 1.39 | 0.6 | IV2 | 24.94 | 7.49 | 3.17 | 6.81 | 3.09 | 4.06 | 2.07 | 2.60 | 1.46 | 0.65 | IV2 | 25.53 | 7.02 | 2.95 | 6.35 | 2.87 | 4.18 | 2.11 | 2.74 | 1.53 | 0.7 | IV2 | 26.21 | 6.58 | 2.75 | 5.81 | 2.62 | 4.18 | 2.08 | 2.86 | 1.58 | 0.75 | IV2 | 26.88 | 6.20 | 2.59 | 5.29 | 2.38 | 4.04 | 1.99 | 2.94 | 1.61 | 0.8 | IV2 | 27.69 | 5.90 | 2.45 | 4.84 | 2.17 | 3.84 | 1.87 | 2.96 | 1.60 |
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