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      <title>BARGE TRAFFIC FORECAST AND CONSTRAINT ANALYSIS FOR GREAT II</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The primary objective of this report to the Commercial Transportation Workgroup are threefold: (1) To develop a forecast of the magnitude and nature of barge traffic in the GREAT II area, (2) To forecast needs, such as barge fleeting, that will be necessary to support future barge traffic, (3) To identify alternative means of meeting these needs. Additional objectives of the report are to review the existing literature related to forecasts of barge traffic and needs in the GREAT II area and to summarize problems involved with the commercial development of the river.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Sep 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BARGE TRAFFIC ON KENTUCKY RIVERS</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This report investigates barge traffic on all navigable waterways in Kentucky.  The report provides the data necessary to develop the risk assessment procedures for Kentucky vessel impact design problems in accordance with the ASHTO Guide Specification and Commentary for Vessel Collision Design of Highway Bridges design method II.  A computer program was written to process the database and calculate the probability based length, width, a capacity for each barge category.  A second computer program was written to calculate the probability based number of barges in a flotilla column and row, and subsequently categorize the flotilla based upon the barge length and width categories designated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  The equivalent static impact loads were then calculated using the probability based flotilla sizes and tonnages.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 1997 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>IMPACT OF BARGE TRAFFIC ON STREAM REAERATION: LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS. TECHNICAL NOTE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In this note stream reaeration and the effect of barge traffic in rivers and canals is discussed.  To address the lack of knowledge in this field of study, a laboratory stream model was constructed that consists of a circular duct where model barges were towed at different traffic velocities and frequencies under various water conditions.  Dissolved oxygen levels were monitored after initial deoxygenation.  Excluding the effect of wind and flow, the reaeration coefficient in the laboratory system increased as barge speed and traffic frequency increased.  The reaeration coefficient due to moving barges is inversely related to water depth.  Finally, the reaeration coefficient due to moving barges is proportional to barge size, load, and draft.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 1997 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RETURN FLOW IN RIVERS DUE TO NAVIGATION TRAFFIC. TECHNICAL NOTE</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/452824</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Movement of navigation traffic, such as barge-tows, in restricted waters can create rapid return flow and water-level depression between the barge and the shoreline.  The velocity distribution in this zone, then, changes temporarily in space and time. Methods frequently employed to calculate the return-velocity distribution predict an exponential velocity distribution that decreases laterally with distance from the barge.  Based on field data, though, current models do not exactly represent field conditions.  The aim of this paper is to use existing models to calculate the average return flow and the lateral return flow distribution, and compare them with the observed data to test the validity of these models.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 1996 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>COST-CUTTING LEGACY</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Barge tows at the Winfield Locks and Dam on the Kanawha River in West Virginia will soon be cruising through a new navigation lock that is a design phenomenon and a legacy in cost savings.  The twin locks are three jumbo barges long by three wide to handle entire tows and to speed the lift or drop.  The cost savings benefit is in placing culverts for filling and emptying the locks in the floors rather than the walls, reducing material by 15 percent and speeding construction.  This article provides detailed information on the dimensions of the twin locks, current construction status, and the major players in this Army Corps of Engineers' project.  A sidebar on contaminated soil discovered at the West Virginia site and its cure is included.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 1995 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TAMING THE RED RIVER</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In January 1995 the Red River Waterway opened; it was the last of the United States Army Corps of Engineers' great western river projects.  The $1.8 million project involved carving a 61 m (200 ft) wide, 3 m (9 ft) deep channel in the meandering Red River, complete with five sets of locks and dams.  The project was initiated to prevent the loss of valuable farmland and to restore navigation that would provide industry and commerce direct access to the deepwater ports of Baton Rouge and New Orleans.  This article describes the design and construction of the channel and its locks and dams.  It also lists some of the public benefits, which include recreational areas, business commerce, and archaeological finds.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 1995 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>HYDRAULIC CHANGES IN RIVERS DUE TO NAVIGATION. LONG TERM RESOURCE MONITORING PROGRAM</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The paper briefly describes some of the analyses performed on the physical changes associated with river traffic on the Illinois River.  The analyses dealt primarily with increases in suspended sediment concentrations after the passage of barge tows at a section of the Illinois River.  Analyses are also presented on the changes in velocity structures near the shore zone as the barges passed the site.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Oct 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>PHYSICAL FORCES GENERATED BY BARGE-TOW TRAFFIC WITHIN A NAVIGABLE WATERWAY. LONG TERM RESOURCE MONITORING PROGRAM</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Movement of navigation traffic such as barge tows within a restricted inland waterway such as the Illinois, Mississippi, or Ohio rivers can and will alter the flow field in and around the moving vessel.  These changes in the flow field will include altered velocity distributions, increase and/or decrease in the pressure field, and a directional change of the flow within the zones of return flows.  The paper describes the various physical forces that are either acting or being altered by the movement of navigation traffic within the river and how these forces can be evaluated and quantified.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RETURN FLOWS IN LARGE RIVERS ASSOCIATED WITH NAVIGATION TRAFFIC. LONG TERM RESOURCE MONITORING PROGRAM</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Movement of barge traffic in restricted waterways such as the Illinois or Mississippi rivers can generate rapid return flows and water-level depressions (drawdown) between the barge and the shoreline.  Due to this return flow, velocity distribution in the zone between the barge and the shore changes temporarily in space and time.  The return velocity and the drawdown generated by barge traffic depend on many factors, including river width and depth, barge characteristics, tow speed, draft, and lateral distance from the barge to the shore.  An overall mathematical modeling concept of the lateral variation of return flow due to navigation traffic is discussed in this paper.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION CHANGES CAUSED BY BARGE TOWS. LONG TERM RESOURCE MONITORING PROGRAM</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Suspended sediment samples have been collected in the channel border area during tow passage events at several locations on the upper Mississippi river and the Illinois river.  Typical plots show the pattern of rapid increase and gradual decrease in concentration following tow passage.  Comparisons are made between a Mississippi river site with rather small changes in concentration and an Illinois river site with large increases in concentration.  Several parameters describing tow characteristics are discussed.  Preliminary conclusions are drawn from the comparative analysis of the two data sets.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>TURBULENCE AND REYNOLDS STRESS DISTRIBUTION IN A NATURAL RIVER. LONG TERM RESOURCE MONITORING PROGRAM</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Turbulence characteristics of ambient flow velocities and their comparison with those generated by the movement of barge traffic within the channel border area in a navigation waterway are discussed in the paper.  The ambient velocity and the changes in velocity due to barge traffic are being continuously measured with time at three distances from the shore on one side of the Illinois river near McEvers Island.  The analysis shows that the maximum turbulence shear stress generated by the changes of velocity due to barge traffic is significantly higher than that for the natural flow in the river.  Movement of barge traffic in the upstream or downstream direction produces more transverse turbulence shear than the natural river flow.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 1994 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ANALYSIS OF TOWBOAT AND BARGE USE ON INLAND WATERWAYS</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/166187</link>
      <description><![CDATA[In 1975, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers instituted the Performance Monitoring System (PMS) at locks on inland waterways, PMS data, collected at each lock, allow the Corps to monitor the use of navigation locks and traffic movements and to analyze tow operating characteristics.  Based on data derived from PMS, the Corps developed a computer program called VESUSE to analyze inland-waterways use of towboats, barges, and flotillas by simulating their movements.  The elements of the VESUSE program are described and are found to be reliable.  The information on the characteristics of vessel utilization is useful for studies related to inland-waterways operations and planning.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY OF TRANSPORTING WESTERN COAL ON THE NEW YORK STATE BARGE CANAL SYSTEM</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/166192</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The results of a comparative economic study of the feasibility of transporting western coal to New York State utilities via the barge canal system are presented.  Three coal-supply regions are delineated: southwestern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia, Wyoming, and Montana.  Site-specific projections of potential coal consumption developed for coal from each region are presented.  A costing framework that includes all unit operations in the mine-to-stack coal-use cycle is used in making economic comparisons of the use of the three coals at new generating stations.  This framework is designed to account for major expenditures that vary as a function of the characteristics of coal quality, including (a) extraction costs, (b) distribution costs, (c) flue-gas-desulfurization system investment and operating costs, and (d) balance-of-plant investment expenditures. The methodology is applied to a comparison of the economics of using the three coals at a future mid-Mohawk River Valley generating facility.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BARGES, A FORGOTTEN RESOURCE IN INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/165962</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The aim of this paper is to highlight the use of barges in international shipping.  The use of barges in the domestic area, being Norway, as well as in international shipping is discussed.  In Europe the use of barges of different forms has a long tradition and the barges are used heavily both on inland waterways and in coastal traffic.  In Norway barges are only in limited use in coastal traffic and not at all in overseas traffic.  Order from NSFI as No. 21073.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>RHINE CONTAINER TRAFFIC -- ON A RISING TIDE</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Although there have been container barge services operating on the Rhine for more than a decade, it is only in the last few years that the barge system has emerged as a serious competitor to the road and rail transport modes.  Rising fuel oil and labor costs, together with rail and road congestion and a range of other factors are all contributing to the steady rise in status of the barge as a container carrier and to spur the development of infrastructure essential to its operation.  The network of container barge services now in operation is extensive and seems set for further expansion.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 1981 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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