Title Inland navigation : channel training works / prepared by the Task Committee on Inland Navigation of the Waterways Committee of the Coasts, Oceans, Ports, and Rivers Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by Thomas J. Pokrefke

Published Reston, Virginia : American Society of Civil Engineers, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 171 pages) : illustrations Series ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 124 ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 124. Contents Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 Purpose -- 1.2 Navigation Engineering -- 1.3 Scope -- 1.4 Training Works on Major River Systems -- 1.5 Inland Waterways: Value to the Nation -- 1.6 Organization of This Manual -- References -- 2 SEDIMENTATION AND SEDIMENT MANAGEMENT IN RIVER CHANNELS -- 2.1 General -- 2.2 Sediment Transport -- 2.3 Sedimentation Problems -- 2.4 Sediment Management -- 2.5 Sedimentation Studies -- 2.6 Sediment Data Needs -- References -- 3 HISTORY -- References -- 4 TRAINING STRUCTURE TYPES AND LAYOUT 4.1 General4.2 Redirective Structures -- 4.3 Resistive Structures -- 4.4 Channel Alignment and Contraction -- 4.5 Channel Realignments (Cutoffs) -- 4.6 Contraction Width -- 4.7 General Channel Plan -- 4.8 Low-Water Reference Plane -- References -- 5 DIKES -- 5.1 Stone Spur Dike Design Parameters -- 5.2 Other Types of Stone Dikes -- 5.3 Timber-Pile Dikes -- 5.4 Inventory of Training Dikes on U.S. Rivers -- References -- 6 REVETMENTS -- 6.1 Revetment Structures -- 6.2 Stone Revetments -- 6.3 Other Revetment Types -- References 7 OTHER TYPES OF TRAINING STRUCTURES7.1 Bendway Weirs -- 7.2 Blunt-Nosed Chevrons -- 7.3 Bullnose Structures -- 7.4 Hard Points -- References -- 8 CASE STUDIES -- 8.1 Scope -- 8.2 Missouri River -- 8.3 Upper Mississippi River -- 8.4 J. Bennett Johnston (Red River) Waterway, Louisiana -- 8.5 Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Alabama and Mississippi -- 8.6 Lower Columbia River, Oregon -- References -- 9 COST -- References -- 10 ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN -- 10.1 General -- 10.2 Notched Dike -- 10.3 Rootless Dike -- 10.4 Trail Dike -- 10.5 W-Dike 10.6 Dike Extensions (Offset)10.7 Sloping Crest Dike -- 10.8 Off-Bankline Revetments -- 10.9 Multiple Roundpoint Structures -- 10.10 Environmental Guidelines and Design Guidance -- References -- 11 MODEL STUDIES -- 11.1 General -- 11.2 Physical Movable-Bed Models -- 11.3 Physical Fixed-Bed or Semifixed-Bed Navigation Models -- 11.4 Numerical Model Studies -- 11.5 Hydraulic Sediment Response Models -- 11.6 Tow Simulation Studies -- References -- 12 PERFORMANCE, EVALUATION, AND INSPECTION -- 12.1 General -- 12.2 Hydrographic Surveys 12.3 Above Water Inspections12.4 Aerial Inspections -- 12.5 Evaluation -- References -- 13 REPAIR TECHNIQUES -- 13.1 General -- 13.2 Examples of Repairs and Repair Techniques -- References -- APPENDIX I: TERMINOLOGY -- APPENDIX II: DEVELOPMENT OF CHANNEL CONTRACTION WIDTHS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Stream channelization -- United States Inland navigation -- United States. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Hydraulics. Inland navigation Stream channelization United States Form Electronic book Author Pokrefke, Thomas J. Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute (American Society of Civil Engineers). Task Committee on Inland Navigation ISBN 9780784477014 0784477019 9780784412534 0784412537

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