Research Article
Simulation of Sediment Discharges during an Outfall Dredging Operation
Table 6
Summary of CORMIX-GTS iterative simulations results on varying the ambient velocity for discharges at 1200 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) |
| 0.4 | IV3 | 28.06 | 5.81 | 2.57 | 5.00 | 2.29 | 3.20 | 1.71 | 2.13 | 1.26 | 0.45 | IV1 | 26.99 | 4.96 | 2.09 | 4.35 | 1.96 | 2.42 | 1.21 | 1.55 | 0.85 | 0.5 | IV1 | 27.97 | 4.74 | 1.99 | 4.11 | 1.85 | 2.56 | 1.27 | 1.67 | 0.91 | 0.55 | IV1 | 29.15 | 4.49 | 1.88 | 3.83 | 1.72 | 2.64 | 1.30 | 1.78 | 0.96 | 0.6 | IV1 | 30.38 | 4.09 | 1.70 | 3.49 | 1.55 | 2.61 | 1.26 | 1.86 | 0.99 | 0.65 | IV1 | 31.65 | 3.77 | 1.56 | 3.11 | 1.38 | 2.44 | 1.17 | 1.89 | 0.99 | 0.7 | IV1 | 33.04 | 3.48 | 1.44 | 2.80 | 1.23 | 2.26 | 1.07 | 1.85 | 0.96 | 0.75 | IV1 | 34.48 | 3.19 | 1.31 | 2.55 | 1.12 | 2.08 | 0.98 | 1.78 | 0.90 | 0.8 | IV1 | 35.95 | 2.94 | 1.21 | 2.36 | 1.03 | 1.93 | 0.90 | 1.68 | 0.84 | 0.85 | IV1 | 37.60 | 2.73 | 1.12 | 2.23 | 0.97 | 1.80 | 0.83 | 1.59 | 0.78 | 0.9 | IV1 | 39.25 | 2.55 | 1.04 | 2.10 | 0.91 | 1.69 | 0.78 | 1.50 | 0.73 |
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