The US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) ship simulator was used to evaluate the proposed channel widening of the Savannah Harbor from Fig Island Turning Basin to Kings Island Turning Basin. The widening would extend the north side of the channel 100 ft. The present channel width of 400 ft causes difficulties in the maneuvering of the 950-ft New York Class containerships that began calling in Savannah approximately 2 years ago. For this reason, the simulation study was conducted using a numerical model of this containership. To generate channel currents for input into the simulation, a hydrodynamic finite element model of the Savannah Harbor was developed as part of the study. Boundary conditions for this model were obtained from a larger numerical model of the entire Savannah estuary system developed by the WES Hydraulics Laboratory Math Modeling Group. Keywords: Channels hydraulic engineering; Finite element method; Ships maneuverability; Savannah Harbor.


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    Title :

    Ship Navigation Simulator Study Savannah Harbor Widening Project, Savannah, Georgia


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    Publication date :

    1987


    Size :

    84 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Ship Navigation Simulator Study, Savannah Harbor Widening Project, Savannah, Georgia

    Hewlett, J. Christopher / Daggett, Larry L. / Heltzel, Samuel B. et al. | HENRY – Federal Waterways Engineering and Research Institute (BAW) | 1987

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