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/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	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