Document Type
Thesis
Date of Award
5-31-1989
Degree Name
Master of Science in Civil Engineering - (M.S.)
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
First Advisor
Michael Bruno
Second Advisor
C.T. Thomas Hsu
Abstract
An experiment to determine the longshore sediment transport rate using a fluorescent dyed sand tracer was conducted during the summer of 1987 to help determine the feasibility of sand bypassing at the Manasquan Inlet in New Jersey. After the fluorescent sand tracer was introduced to the longshore transport system, the Spatial Integration Method was used to sample the surf zone. The Spatial Integration Method allowed the tracer cloud to be monitored in both time and space. The tracer experiment provided a constant to be used in the calculation of the longshore sediment transport rate. This constant is specific to the Manasquan area and can be used in future sediment transport calculations. The constant was used in this paper to calculate several sediment transport rates which represent some extreme conditions. The results of this experiment suggest that sand bypassing in this area is both a feasible and economical solution.
Recommended Citation
Obropta, Christopher Clemens, "Sediment transport/sand bypassing analysis at Manasquan, NJ" (1989). Theses. 2855.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/theses/2855
