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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Pier

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A structure, usually of open construction, extending out into the water from the shore, to serve as a landing place, recreational facility, etc., rather than to afford coastal protection or affect ...

Geometric shadow

Engineering; Coastal engineering

In wave diffraction theory, the area outlined by drawing straight lines paralleling the direction of wave approach through the extremities of a protective structure. It differs from the actual ...

Spring range

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The average semidiurnal range occurring at the time of spring tides and most conveniently computed from the harmonic constants. It is larger than the mean range where the type of tide is either ...

Revetment

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) A facing of stone, concrete, etc., to protect an embankment, or shore structure, against erosion by wave action or currents. (2) A retaining wall. (3) Facing of stone, concrete, etc., built to ...

Flood current

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The movement of a tidal current toward the shore or up a tidal stream. In the semidiurnal type of reversing current, the terms greater flood and lesser flood are applied respectively to the flood ...

Radiometric dating

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Calculating an age in years for geologic materials by measuring the presence of a short-life radioactive element (e.g., carbon-14) or a long-life element (e.g., potassium-40/argon-40). The term ...

Jetty

Engineering; Coastal engineering

On open seacoasts, a structure extending into a body of water, which is designed to prevent shoaling of a channel by littoral materials and to direct and confine the stream or tidal flow. Jetties are ...