Mine Burial Prediction: A Cooperative NRL/ONR Study
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چکیده
Seabed-structure interactions are responsible for the burial of heavy objects, such as mines, pipelines, concrete breakwaters, platforms, debris, and other objects on the seafloor. In low shear strength muds, these objects are known to bury at impact or to sink into the sediment if the buoyant weight of the object exceeds the bearing capacity of the seafloor. In higher energy sandy sediments, burial by scour and fill, momentary or cyclic wave-induced liquefaction, and seabed morphological changes (e.g., transverse bedform migration, changes in shore-rise and bar-berm conditions, sediment deposition) is common. Using a field experimental approach, NRL will test and evaluate physics-based mine burial processes and models in order to provide the US Navy with an accurate, real-time mine burial prediction capability.
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