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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Tide

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The periodic rising and falling of the water that results from gravitational attraction of the Moon and Sun and other astronomical bodies acting upon the rotating Earth. Although the accompanying ...

A wave whose velocity of propagation is controlled primarily by the surface tension of the liquid in which the wave is traveling. Water waves of length less than about 1 inch are considered capillary ...

Hurricane stage hydrograph

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A continuous graph representing water level stages that would be recorded in a gauge well located at a specified point of interest during the passage of a particular hurricane, assuming that effects ...

Hurricane wind pattern or isovel pattern

Engineering; Coastal engineering

An actual or graphical representation of near-surface wind velocities covering the entire area of a hurricane at a particular instant. Isovels are lines connecting points of simultaneous equal wind ...