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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Swash bars

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Low broad sandy bars formed by sediment in the surf and swash zones, separated by linear depressions, or runnels, running parallel to the shore. Sand bodies that form and migrate across ebb-tidal ...

Flood routing

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The determination of the attenuating effect of storage on a river-flood passing through a valley by reason of a feature acting as control (e.g. a reservoir with a spillway capacity less than the ...

Self-propelled floating plant which is capable of dredging material, storing it onboard, and transporting and placing the material at a specified disposal site. Often used to dredge inlets and then ...

Coastal current

Engineering; Coastal engineering

One of the offshore currents flowing generally parallel to the shoreline in the deeper water beyond and near the surf zone; these are not related genetically to waves and resulting surf, but may be ...

Cuspate bar

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A crescent-shaped bar uniting with the shore at each end. It may be formed by a single spit growing from shore and then turning back to again meet the shore, or by two spits growing from the shore ...

Radar

Engineering; Coastal engineering

An instrument for determining the distance and direction to an object by measuring the time needed for radio signals to travel from the instrument to the object and back, and by measuring the angle ...

Shoaling coefficient

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The ratio of the height of a wave in water of any depth to its height in deep water with the effects of refraction, friction, and percolation eliminated. Sometimes shoaling factor or depth factor.