Simulation of Sediment Discharges during an Outfall Dredging Operation

Table 5

Summary of CORMIX-GTS iterative simulations results on varying the horizontal angle of discharge for discharges at 800 m offshore.

Sigma; (degrees)	Flow class	Initial resuspension			100 m		500 m		1000 m
		At; (m)	Total; (kg/m^3)	Clay; (kg/m^3)	Total; (kg/m^3)	Clay; (kg/m^3)	Total; (kg/m^3)	Clay; (kg/m^3)	Total; (kg/m^3)	Clay; (kg/m^3)
0	IV2	26.15	9.10	3.88	7.05	3.21	3.34	1.71	2.10	1.19
15	IV2	26.04	8.58	3.65	6.93	3.15	3.34	1.71	2.11	1.19
30	IV2	25.83	8.16	3.47	6.84	3.11	3.36	1.72	2.12	1.20
45	IV2	25.49	7.84	3.34	6.81	3.09	3.39	1.74	2.14	1.21
60	IV2	25.03	7.65	3.26	6.85	3.12	3.44	1.77	2.18	1.23
75	IV2	24.46	7.58	3.23	6.48	3.18	3.51	1.81	2.23	1.26
90	IV2	23.79	7.64	3.26	7.21	3.28	3.61	1.87	2.29	1.30
105	IV2	23.12	7.82	3.34	7.51	3.42	3.72	1.93	2.36	1.35
120	IV2	22.56	8.15	3.49	7.82	3.56	3.81	1.99	2.41	1.39
135	IV2	22.15	8.71	3.74	8.14	3.71	3.87	2.02	2.44	1.41