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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Morphodynamics

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) The mutual interaction and adjustment of the seafloor topography and fluid dynamics involving the motion of sediment. (2) The coupled suite of mutually interdependent hydrodynamic processes, ...

Granular philtre

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Band of granular material which is incorporated in an embankment, dam, dike, or bottom protection and is graded so as to allow seepage to flow across or down the philtre zone without causing the ...

The lateral expansion of a sediment plume as it moves out of the distributary mouth, where salt and fresh water mix. This is most likely to occur where the speed of the river flow is moderate to low ...

Loop

Engineering; Coastal engineering

That part of a standing wave where the vertical motion is greatest and the horizontal velocities are least. Loops (sometimes called antinodes) are associated with clapotis and with seiche action ...

Cuspate spit

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The spit that forms in the lee of a shoal or offshore feature (breakwater, island, rock outcrop) by waves that are refracted and/or diffracted around the offshore feature. It may eventually grow into ...

Coastal strip

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A zone directly adjacent to the waterline, where only coast related activities take place. Usually this is a strip of some 100 m wide. In this strip the coastal defence activities take place. In this ...

Ripple

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) The ruffling of the surface of water; hence, a little curling wave or undulation. (2) A wave less than 0.05 metre (2 inches) long controlled to a significant degree by both surface tension and ...