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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Froude number

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The dimensionless ratio of the inertial force to the force of gravity for a given fluid flow. It may be given as Fr = V /Lg where V is a characteristic velocity, L is a characteristic length, and ...

(1) A short, narrow waterway connecting a bay, lagoon, or similar body of water with a large parent body of water. _x000D_ (2) An arm of the sea (or other body of water) that is long compared to its ...

Storm surge

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A rise above normal water level on the open coast due to the action of wind stress on the water surface. Storm surge resulting from a hurricane also includes that rise in level due to atmospheric ...

Fault

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A fracture in rock along which there has been an observable amount of displacement. Faults are rarely single planar units; normally they occur as parallel to sub-parallel sets of planes along which ...

Global positioning system (GPS)

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A navigational and positioning system developed by the U.S. Department of Defense, by which the location of a position on or above the Earth can be determined by a special receiver at that point ...

Terrigenous sediments

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Literally 'land-formed' sediment that has found its way to the sea floor. The term is applied (a) to sediments formed and deposited on land (e.g., soils, sand dunes), and (b) to material derived from ...

Quicksand

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Loose, yielding, wet sand which offers no support to heavy objects. The upward flow of the water has a velocity that eliminates contact pressures between the sand grains and causes the sand-water ...