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Figure 6. Design diagram for salinity intrusion control devices
EXAMPLE: Consider a river with a discharge of
b. Arita, M., and Jirka, G. H. 1987b. "Two
58,450 cfs and an observed intruding saline wedge
Layer Model of the Saline Wedge. Part II:
with an interface height of 10.5 ft. Taking the river
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width as 1,000 ft, the depth as 35 ft, and the density
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ration, ((ps - pf)/pf), as 0.02, it is estimated that
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qf = 1.67 cfs/ft, hence the Froude Number, F0 =
0.01 and the normalized density interface n = 0.30.
Using these two values to locate the point on the
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diagram, the value of t = 0.3 in zone A. The
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design height of the control device, td, is estimated
to be 10.5 ft.
d. Jirka, G. H., and Arita, M. 1987. "Density
Currents or Density Wedges: Boundary Layer
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