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ENHANCING SAFETY
UNDERSTANDING
UNDERKEEL CLEARANCE
VIII Foro Latino Americano de Practicos
Cancun, 2015
Slide 2
The Guidelines
The Design and Use
Component
Slide 3
PIANC WG 49
Harbour Approach Channels
Design Guidelines
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The Port
The Workplace
Component
Slide 8
Bathymetry
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Bathy Nodes
DUKC
Bathymetry
Nodes
Slide 10
Channel Segment
Channel Boundary
Channel Section
300m to channel boundary
100m segment
15.7m Max
14.8m BC
Declared Depth
MM 15.0m for 300m x 100m section
Scale exaggerated by 25x for emphasis
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DUKC
Bathymetry
Nodes
10m x 10m
overlay grid
Minimum
depth
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Methodology
Hydrodynamic model
High-resolution bathymetry of
transit area
Create 2D Grid overlay (10m x 10m)
Compute DUKC predictions of
minimum keel elevations
In each grid cell compare the
(nearest adjacent) predicted keel
elevation with the depth at this
location
Mark each grid cell as pass or
fail (go/no go)
Produce real-time overlay (Web)
Promulgate overlay to users
ECDIS/PPU
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Tidal Datums
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W
aterlevel relativetoAHD[m
]
0.5
-0.5
-1
-1.5
12:00
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18:00
00:00
06:00
12:00
Tidal Residuals
Turning Points
Predictions
Measurements
Residuals
Lags
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Vessels
The Economic
Component
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Ship Size
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Theory Stability
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Vessel Spectra
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Wave Theory
The Enviroment
Component
Slide 24
Waves
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The AWAC
Acoustic Wave and Current
bottom-mounted
measurement device
Wave Measurement
AWAC is designed to measure wind/swell
waves
0.5-30 second period
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Wave Spectra
A statistical representation of a stationary sea
state
1 2.0
peak
1 0.0
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8.0
6.0
4.0
2.0
0.0
0.0 0
0.0 5
20 s
TP
0.1 0
10 s
0.1 5
0.2 0
0.2 5
0.3 0
6.7 s
5 s
4 s
3.3 s
F requency [Hz]