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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Gabion

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) Steel wire-mesh basket to hold stones or crushed rock to protect a bank or bottom from erosion. (2) Structures composed of masses of rocks, rubble or masonry held tightly together usually by ...

(1) The zone bordering a continent extending from the line of permanent immersion to the depth, usually about 100 m to 200 m, where there is a marked or rather steep descent toward the great depths ...

Flood plain

Engineering; Coastal engineering

1) A flat tract of land bordering a river, mainly in its lower reaches, and consisting of alluvium deposited by the river. It is formed by the sweeping of the meander belts downstream, thus widening ...

Dredged material placement site

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Designated area for dredged material placement. In the United States, designated areas must be coordinated with the Environmental Protection Agency and resource agencies such as the U. S. Fish and ...

Energy coefficient

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The ratio of the energy in a wave per unit crest length transmitted forward with the wave at a point in shallow water to the energy in a wave per unit crest length transmitted forward with the wave ...

Significant wave height

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The average height of the one-third highest waves of a given wave group. Note that the composition of the highest waves depends upon the extent to which the lower waves are considered. In wave record ...

Reference station

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A place for which tidal constants have previously been determined and which is used as a standard for the comparison of simultaneous observations at a second station. Also, a station for which ...