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PUBLICATION NOTICE: Vessel Wake Prediction Tool

US Army Engineer Research and Development Center
Published Jan. 22, 2020

 

Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.21079/11681/35153

 

Report Number: ERDC/CHL CHETN-IV-121

Title: Vessel Wake Prediction Tool

 

By Michael A. Hartman and Richard Styles

 

Approved for Public Release; Distribution is Unlimited January 2020

 

Purpose: The purpose of this Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) is to introduce a desktop application that can be used as a screening tool to assess the relative contribution of vessel wake energy to erosion as compared to that from currents and tides. The application uses simplified algorithms reported in the literature that predict wake height as a function of vessel speed and other parameters. The tool also estimates the maximum shear stress and energy dissipation, which are used as a proxy for erosion potential. This CHETN presents a brief description of the vessel wake algorithms and then describes the desktop application software to help familiarize the user with the layout and other features. The CHETN concludes with conditional limitations that should be considered before using the application.

 

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