Discussion--New Horizons in the Field of Tidal Hydraulics.

Jan J. Leendertse

Expert InsightsPublished 1969

Discussion of a paper presented to the American Society of Civil Engineers. Since the already great population concentrations near our major estuaries on the East and West Coasts are expected to increase, the importance of navigation projects will diminish in favor of estuary development, including improving health standards and water quality, expanding airports, building causeways, and combatting beach erosion. Past experience and methodologies will be unsure guides in these endeavors, given the complexity of the problems and interlocking governmental jurisdictions. In the near future, the mathematical model will be used as the comprehensive model of the estuaries and as part of the decisionmaking process in estuary management. Detailed investigations will also be made with large-scale models of limited areas. Progress in tidal hydraulics requires the expanded application of techniques successfully used in other engineering fields, science, and government, such as systems analysis, operations research, and digital simulation. (See also RM-5294.) 11 pp. Ref.

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