Characteristics of waves and drawdown generated by barge traffic


Soong, T. W., and N. G. Bhowmik.  1992.  Characteristics of waves
and drawdown generated by barge traffic on the Upper Mississippi
River System.  Pages 672- 676 in Marshall Jennings and Nani G.
Bhowmik, editors.  Saving a Threatened Resource - In Search of
Solutions.  Proceedings, Water Forum '92, Hydraulic Engineering
Sessions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Baltimore,
Maryland, August 2-6, 1992.  Reprinted by U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Environmental Management Technical Center, Onalaska,
Wisconsin, February 1993. EMTC 93-R015.  5 pp.  (NTIS
#PB94-108966)


ABSTRACT

This paper examines the characteristics of waves and drawdown
generated by barge traffic in inland waterways.  The analysis was
made on the basis of field data for 77 events collected from
several sites along the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers.  To
illustrate the range of variations in waves and drawdown in the
inland waterways, three case studies were selected.  A
synchronized comparison between waves and drawdown, local
velocity, and turbidity level at the nearshore zone is also
presented.


KEYWORDS

waves, drawdown, barge traffic, Upper Mississippi River System,
Illinois River, navigation