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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  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
• 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