The world's coastlines, dividing land from sea, are geological environments that are unique in their composition and the physical processes affecting them. At the dynamically active intersection of land and the oceans, humans have been building structures throughout history. Initially used for naval and commercial purposes, more recently recreation and tourism have increased activity in the coastal zone dramatically. Shoreline development is now causing a significant conflict with natural coastal processes. This text on coastal engineering will help the reader understand these coastal processes and develop strategies to cope effectively with shoreline erosion. The book is organized in four parts: (1) an overview of coastal engineering, using case studies to illustrate problems; (2) hydrodynamics of the coastal zone, reviewing storm surges, water waves, and low frequency motions within the nearshore and surf zone; (3) coastal responses including equilibrium beach profiles and sediment transport; (4) applications such as erosion mitigation, beach nourishment, coastal armoring, tidal inlets, and shoreline management.
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'The book's presentation is of high standard. It can be utilized as a textbook on coastal processes and coastal engineering. The authors, who have devoted a lot of time in conducting research in coastal engineering, deserve to be congratulated on their achievement.' Bulletin
'... this book is useful in providing a mathematical summary of our understanding of hydrodynamic and sediment transport processes in the coastal zone and how they may be affected by engineering applications.' Times Higher Education Supplement
'... this book is useful in providing a mathematical summary of our understanding of hydrodynamic and sediment transport processes in the coastal zone and how they may be affected by engineering applications.' Times Higher Education Supplement
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This text is organized in four parts: (1) an overview of coastal engineering, using case studies to illustrate problems; (2) hydrodynamics of the coastal zone, reviewing storm surges, water waves, and low frequency motions within the nearshore and surf zone; (3) coastal responses including equilibrium beach profiles and sediment transport; (4) applications such as erosion mitigation and shoreline management.
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Very helpful resource for beach processes. Limited information on hard structures, but that doesn't seem to be the focus of this book. This book is a good companion to information presented in the Corps' Coastal Engineering Manual (CEM) that can be downloaded online.
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The world's coastlines, dividing land from sea, are geological environments unique in their composition and the physical processes affecting them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
repletion coefficient, breaker assumption, multiple offshore breakwaters, crenulate bays, net longshore sediment transport, beach cusp formation, flood tidal shoals, profile scale factor, equilibrium planform, shoreline advancement, cusp spacings, cuspate features, background erosion rate, ebb tidal shoal, equilibrium beach profiles, beach face slope, planar beach, erosional hot spots, nonintersecting profiles, active surf zone, dry beach width, swash motions, wave tank tests, beach cusps, breaking wave height Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Conf Coastal Eng, New York, Army Corps of Engineers, United States, Ocean Eng, North Carolina, Coastal Res, Coastal Sediments, Santa Barbara, Indian River Inlet, Chesapeake Bay, National Research Council, Civil Eng, Data Group, Shore Protection Manual, South Carolina, Field Research Facility, Lake Michigan, Academic Press, New Jersey, University of Delaware, Beach Erosion Board, Cape Town, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Hugo New!
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The world's coastlines, dividing land from sea, are geological environments unique in their composition and the physical processes affecting them. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
repletion coefficient, breaker assumption, multiple offshore breakwaters, crenulate bays, net longshore sediment transport, beach cusp formation, flood tidal shoals, profile scale factor, equilibrium planform, shoreline advancement, cusp spacings, cuspate features, background erosion rate, ebb tidal shoal, equilibrium beach profiles, beach face slope, planar beach, erosional hot spots, nonintersecting profiles, active surf zone, dry beach width, swash motions, wave tank tests, beach cusps, breaking wave height Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Conf Coastal Eng, New York, Army Corps of Engineers, United States, Ocean Eng, North Carolina, Coastal Res, Coastal Sediments, Santa Barbara, Indian River Inlet, Chesapeake Bay, National Research Council, Civil Eng, Data Group, Shore Protection Manual, South Carolina, Field Research Facility, Lake Michigan, Academic Press, New Jersey, University of Delaware, Beach Erosion Board, Cape Town, Gulf of Mexico, Hurricane Hugo New!
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- Coastal Engineering Research on 14 pages
- Nearshore Sediment Transport by R.J. Seymour on 6 pages
- Oceanographical Engineering by Robert L. Wiegel on page 33, page 125, and page 266
- The Gold Coast: Three Californias (Three Californias Series) by Kim Stanley Robinson on page 446, and page 449
- Sedimentation Engineering (Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice, No. 54) by Vito A. Vanoni on page 33, and page 266
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- Basic Coastal Engineering by Robert M. Sorensen on page 7, and page 283
- Beach Nourishment: Theory and Practice (Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering) by Robert G. Dean on page 229
- Changing Sea Levels: Effects of Tides, Weather and Climate by David Pugh in Back Matter
- Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future by Orrin H. Pilkey in Back Matter
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