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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Bench

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) A level or gently sloping erosion plane inclined seaward. (2) A nearly horizontal area at about the level of maximum high water on the sea side of a dike.

Reference point

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) A specified location (in plan elevation) to which measurements are referred. (2) In beach material studies, a specified point within the reference zone.

Rip

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A body of water made rough by waves meeting an opposing current, particularly a tidal current; often found where tidal currents are converging and sinking.

Shoreward mass transport

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The movement of water due to wave motion, which carries water through the breaker zone in the direction of wave propagation. Part of the nearshore current system.

Hard defences

Engineering; Coastal engineering

General term applied to impermeable coastal defence structures of concrete, timber, steel, masonry, etc, which reflect a high proportion of incident wave energy.

Jonswap spectrum

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Wave spectrum typical of growing deep water waves developed from field experiments and measurements of waves and wave spectra in the Joint North Sea Wave Peoject

Mean wave height

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The mean of all individual waves in an observation interval of approximately half an hour. In case of a Rayleigh-distribution 63% of the significant wave height.