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/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)
0.3	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