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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Shoreface

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The narrow zone seaward from the low tide shoreline, covered by water, over which the beach sands and gravels actively oscillate with changing wave conditions.

Heave

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) The vertical rise or fall of the waves or the sea. (2) The translational movement of a craft parallel to its vertical axis. (3) The net transport of a floating body resulting from wave action.

Backrush

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The seaward return of the water following the uprush of the waves. For any given tide stage the point of farthest return seaward of the backrush is known as the Limit of backrush or limit backwash.

Horizontal closure method

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Construction of a dam by dumping the materials from one or both banks, thus constricting the channel progressively laterally until the dam is closed. This method is also known as end dumping and ...

Void ratio

Engineering; Coastal engineering

For a sediment sample, defined as the ratio of the volume of the voids to the volume of the solids, Q = Vv/Vs. Typical values of Q for natural sands range from 0.5 to 0.8, for cohesive soils from ...

A circular movement of water formed on the side of a main current. Eddies may be created at points where the main stream passes projecting obstructions or where two adjacent currents flow counter to ...

Consolidation

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The gradual, slow compression of a cohesive soil due to weight acting on it, which occurs as water is driven out of the voids in the soil. Consolidation only occurs in clays or other soils of low ...