A series of 2-D (flume) laboratory and field tests were conducted to examine effects of waves and currents on a simulated dual-rocket distribution explosive array deployment (DRDEAD) system. The DRDEAD system consists of a large array of explosive material which can be deployed by rockets launched from Navy vessels across the surf zone in a mine-clearing operation. The U.S. Anny Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) Coastal Engineering Research Center's mid-scale 2-D facility was used to examine various wave conditions, methods of deployment, and anchoring systems for a simulated (inert) DRDEAD. Waves simulating sea state 3 conditions and lower (i.e., calm seas to 5-ft prototype waves) were used in the laboratory study. Laboratory tests indicated that sea state 3 will be a limiting condition for deployment of the array without additional weights or anchors. Field tests to assess effects of wave and current were conducted during the summer of 1992 at CERC's Field Research Facility (FRF) in Duck, North Carolina. Results of the field tests supported laboratory findings, but also indicated that longshore currents are likely to have equal or greater effects on the DRDEAD system and must be considered in the final design.


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