Research Article
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/m3) | Clay (kg/m3) | Total (kg/m3) | Clay (kg/m3) | Total (kg/m3) | Clay (kg/m3) | Total (kg/m3) | Clay (kg/m3) |
| 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 |
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