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Appendix A: Statements of the Participants
Pages 167-174

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... As individual contributions, the statements should not be interpreted as necessarily representing policies or opinions of the participants' organizations, the Marine Board, or the National Research Council.
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... 10. No catalog exists of generic ship types, including accurate, mathematically modeled hydrodynamic coefficients for predicting the navigability of harbors.
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... 23. Tbe specific support services that operate in harbor entrances {tugs, -salvage vessels, dredging operations, vessel traffic services, anchorages)
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... 112. Predict siltation rate in a dredged navigation channel seaward of a harbor entrance.
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... mathematical models for the prediction of tides, currents, wave", salinity, and sediment changes in harbor entrances as a function of various design configurations.
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... OMNIBUS STATEMENTS (combined for a single vote by unanimous consent) 105, 108, 122, 212, 25, 112 Need for better estimates of shoaling rates 101, 111, 228, 218, 219 Research on dredged materials to improve disposal Design of breakwaters, improvement of rubble-mound structures 124, 205
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... 174 3, 221, 19, 127 106, lO9t 113 4, 7, 207, 130 20' 114, 131J 208 11 18, 12 211, 103 202, 14, 23, 15 119, 227 222, 201, 104, 107 118, 204 Need for improved second- and tbird-generation mathematical models -- ship motion in shallow water, ship-ship interaction, etc -- to determine geometry and check the design of harbor entrances Research, evaluation, and methods for preservation of valuable natural resources, and the restoration of habitats Need for systems analysis and integrated approach to the design of harbor entrances Cost-effective models of hydrodynamic proces~es -- waves, currents, water levels, sedimentation, and others Criteria for minimum horizontal dimensions of channels Need for standards of safety Quantitative definition of the needs of mariners Development of sand-bypassing systems Better quantification of physical environmental parameters Cost-effective technologies for the measurement, analysis, and presentation of wave, tide, and other data
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Key Terms

  • harbor entrance
  • shoaling rates
  • physical environmental
  • environmental parameters
  • existing harbor

  • reliable methods
  • sand bypassing
  • insufficient information
  • dredged materials
  • shallow water

  • ship motion
  • develop reliable
  • dredging operations
  • piloting position
  • vertical directions

  • catalog exists
  • forcing physical
  • permit sand
  • measure synoptically
  • information exists

  • physical function
  • disposal operations
  • hydrodynamic coefficients
  • including accurate
  • control minimizing

  • accurate prediction
  • modeled hydrodynamic
  • entrance redesign
  • disposal design
  • effects restoration


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