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Corps Navigation Mission

This workshop aims to address the challenges of navigation and lock safety in waterborne transportation systems. The workshop includes demonstrations, presentations, and discussions among industry experts, government agencies, and researchers.

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Corps Navigation Mission

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  1. Corps Navigation Mission Provide safe,reliable,efficient,effective and environmentally sustainable waterborne transportation systems for movement of commerce, national security needs, and recreation.

  2. Can Navigation be Difficult?

  3. Workshop Background • Spate of Accident at Locks – Highwater Jan 2005 • Belleville most notable • Ohio River and Lower Mississippi River • TRB Meeting in Memphis – Craig Philip (Ingram) • Highlights problem • Clausner suggests meeting • Discussions due to the efforts of Industry catalyst Scott Noble – summer/fall • Late Fall – Michael Winkler (ERDC) organizer • HQUSACE (Kidby) critical support • Considerable Interest

  4. Lock Currents WorkshopParticipating Groups • Corps – Navigation Mission • Divisions/Districts • HQ • ERDC • Industry • Coast Guard • NOAA

  5. Workshop Agenda • Tuesday PM • Ship-Tow Simulator (STS) Demonstration – Lynch • Numerical Model Demonstrations – Berger/Stockstill • Outdraft Presentation – Winkler • Break • LRD Navigation Concerns – Morgan and Sneberger • MVD Navigation Concerns – Hannon • Industry Perspective - Noble

  6. Workshop Agenda • Wednesday AM • R&D Overview (Clausner) • DOTS Program (Clarke) • Corps Role (Kidby) • NOAA PORTS System (Bourgerie) • USCG Perspective (CWO Frascella – S8 ) • Break • Lock Currents Discussion • Planning for Future Efforts (Clausner) • Wrap-up (Kidby/Clausner) • Physical Model Tours (Winkler/McCollum)

  7. Outdraft No Flow Entering Lock Approach

  8. Tom Bevill Lock and Dam View of the Approach Looking Downstream

  9. MCNP Study at Bevill • Time Lapse Video – 2 Cameras Monitoring Upper Approach • Water Level Gauges - 6 Locations on Upper Approach Wall, 3 inside and 3 outside • Bathymetry Survey • Multibeam Survey of Upper Approach Wall Ports • Discharges of Approximately 40,000 cfs and 79,000 cfs • ADCP Data Collection • Drogue Data Collection

  10. View of Time Lapse Camera – MCNP View of the Approach Looking Upstream

  11. Time Lapse Video – MCNP

  12. Multibeam Survey of Approach MCNP View of the Approach Looking Upstream

  13. Multibeam Survey of Guard Wall MCNP Open Ports in Guard Wall

  14. ADCP Survey - MCNP LDB Down Stream View RDB Acoustic Doppler Current Profler (ADCP) Color Coded Velocity

  15. Prototype Tow Data - MCNP Actual Tow Path

  16. Float Data - MCNP Floats Used to Help Determine Currents

  17. Prototype Float Data - MCNP Results of Processed Float Data

  18. Tom Bevill Physical Model View of the Model Looking Upstream

  19. Tom Bevill – Confetti Picture Upstream View of the Model

  20. Tom Bevill – Dye Picture View of the Model Looking Upstream

  21. Horizontal Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers

  22. Tom Bevill

  23. Bull Nose Guard Wall

  24. Mounting Bracket

  25. Horizontial ADCP

  26. H-ADCP Operation

  27. ADCP Measurements Separate Velocity Measurements

  28. H-ADCP Output

  29. Velocities Displayed on IENC’s Vicksburg Bridge

  30. General Discussion • Which Locks • Where (how far from the lock) • Where (water column, cross section) • When (only above certain stages) • How accurate • Meters • Models • How Timely • How provide data (future meeting) • Format (future meeting)

  31. Planning • Test Site for Demo Installation • What next – future meeting on … • When/Where/how • WRAP-UP • Notes – Summary • Navigation Systems Web Site • Presentation at Inland Waterways Conference • Notes in Capital Currents – National Waterways Conference web site • PowerPoints Available on Navigation Systems Web site

  32. Questions

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