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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Risk analysis

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Assessment of the total risk due to all possible environmental inputs and all possible mechanisms.

Ria

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A long, narrow inlet, with depth gradually diminishing inward. Shorter and shallower than a fjord.

Ripples

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Small bed forms with wavelengths less than 0.3 m (1 foot) and heights less than 0.03 m (0.1 foot).

Kinetic energy of waves

Engineering; Coastal engineering

In a progressive oscillatory wave, a summation of the energy of motion of the particles within the wave.

(1) Same as backrush. 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 backwash is known as the limit backwash ...