DESIGN OF FLUIDIZER SYSTEMS FOR COASTAL ENVIRONMENT
This technical paper describes fluidization and the design of fluidizer systems--a culmination of 15 years of research into fluidization phenomena. Flow emanating from perforations in buried pipe can create a trench of specified length, width, and depth for coastal applications, such as sand bypassing and channel maintenance. The authors present a design methodology for selection of fluidizer pipe diameter; fluidizer hole orientation, size, and spacing; and flow rate and pressure requirements for achieving full fluidization. Other system components--such as materials, installation techniques, clear-water intake, and slurry-removal mechanisms--should be chosen with guidance. A design example illustrates a fluidizer system in a deep channel in an inlet to a marina.
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Corporate Authors:
American Society of Civil Engineers
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Authors:
- Weisman, R N
- Lennon, G P
- Publication Date: 1994-9
Language
- English
Media Info
- Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
- Pagination: p. 468-487
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Serial:
- Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering
- Volume: 120
- Issue Number: 5
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 0733-950X
- EISSN: 1943-5460
- Serial URL: http://ascelibrary.org/journal/jwped5
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Channels (Waterways); Coastal engineering; Coasts; Fluid mechanics; Maintenance; Pipe flow; Ports; Trenches; Underground structures
- Uncontrolled Terms: Coastal regions
- Old TRIS Terms: Channel maintenance; Fluidization; Fluidizer systems
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Maintenance and Preservation; Marine Transportation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00666045
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 24 1994 12:00AM