Design for Navigation Improvements at Nome Harbor, Alaska Coastal Model Investigation

• Main Authors: Bottin, Robert R., Jr., Acuff, Hugh F.
• Other Authors: ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1998
• Subjects: Test Facilities; Equipment and Methods; Fluid Mechanics; Geography; Marine Engineering; *ALASKA; *MARINE TRANSPORTATION; *HYDRAULIC MODELS; *HARBOR MODELS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; COASTAL REGIONS; AUTOMATION; MATERIALS; SITES; ENERGY; TURBULENCE; LININGS; BATHYMETRY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SPECTRA; NAVIGATION; VERTICAL ORIENTATION; INTERNAL; OPERATION; STORMS; DATA ACQUISITION; PATTERNS; WALLS; EXTERNAL; GENERATORS; ADAPTERS; ROUGHNESS; HEIGHT; CHANNELS; BREAKWATERS; DOCKS; WAVES; TRACE ELEMENTS; OFFSHORE; COAL; CAUSEWAYS; NOME(ALASKA); Norton Sound; Nome; Alaska
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA354454; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA354454

A 1:90-scale (undistorted) three dimensional coastal hydraulic model was used to investigate the design of proposed navigation improvements at Nome Harbor, Alaska, with respect to wave, current, and shoaling conditions at the site. The model reproduced about 3,350 m (11,000 ft) of the Alaskan shorel...