Field and Laboratory Studies, Navigation Channels of the Columbia River Estuary


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A model of the estuary of the Columbia River was built and tested at the University of California, Berkeley, during the years 1932 to 1936 to study the effect of proposed changes in the navigation channels on the currents and sediment movement. The report deals primarily with the model itself and not with the practical problems of channel maintenance and improvement, but some information regarding the regimen of the Columbia is necessary background for understanding the problems which were to be studied in the model. (Author).










Model Studies of Navigation Improvements, Columbia River Estuary. Report 2. Entrance Studies. Section 2. Fixed-Bed Studies of North Jetty Rehabilitation


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The existing, comprehensive fixed-bed model of the Columbia River estuary was used to determine the need for rehabilitating all or part of the outer end of the existing north jetty. This jetty has seriously deteriorated during the past 25 years, and a rehabilitation program has been undertaken. Model tests were conducted to determine the effects of various stages of repair of the outer 1800 ft of the jetty on the hydraulic, salinity, and shoaling characteristics of the entrance area. Test results consist of tidal elevation measurements, current velocity measurements, salinity measurements, photographs of surface and bottom current patterns, and shoaling patterns. (Author).










Bibliography on Tidal Hydraulics


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