Coastal engineering

Coastal engineering

A branch of civil engineering that applies engineering principles specifically to projects within the coastal zone including areas nearshore, estuary, marine, and shoreline.

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Radioactive dating

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Calculating an age in years for geologic materials by measuring the presence of a short-life radioactive element (e.g., carbon-14) or a long-life element (e.g., potassium-40/argon-40). The term ...

Cusp

Engineering; Coastal engineering

One of a series of short ridges on the foreshore separated by crescent-shaped troughs spaced at more or less regular intervals. Between these cusps are hollows. The cusps are spaced at somewhat ...

A set consisting of: (a) stations for which geometric relationships have been determined and which are so related that removal of one station from the set will affect the relationships (distances, ...

Sound

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A relatively long arm of the sea or ocean forming a channel between an island and a mainland or connecting two larger bodies, as a sea and the ocean, or two parts of the same body; usually wider and ...

Riprap

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A protective layer or facing of quarrystone, usually well graded within wide size limit, randomly placed to prevent erosion, scour, or sloughing of an embankment or bluff; also the stone so used. The ...

Reynolds number

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The dimensionless ratio of the inertial force to the viscous force in fluid motion, R e = LV/g where L is a characteristic length,  (Greek gamma) the kinematic viscosity, and V a ...

Significant wave

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A statistical term relating to the one-third highest waves of a given wave group and defined by the average of their heights and periods. The composition of the higher waves depends upon the extent ...