Introductory technical guidance for civil and marine engineers and professional planners and construction managers interested in coastal engineering. Here is what is discussed:
CHAPTER 1: PROTECTIVE COASTAL BEACHES AND DUNES
1.1 OVERVIEW OF COASTAL SHORE PROTECTION PROJECTS
1.2 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
1.3 PROTECTIVE BEACHES AND DUNES
1.4 DUNES
CHAPTER 2: ESTUARIES
2.1 CONTROL WORKS
2.2 DESIGN FACTORS
2.3 HURRICANE BARRIERS
2.4 TRAINING DIKES
2.5 MAINTENANCE DREDGING
CHAPTER 3: COASTAL REVETMENTS, SEAWALLS, AND BULKHEADS
3.1 SHORELINE USE
CHAPTER 4: SAND TRANSPORT AND COASTAL DUNES
4.1 DUNES AND DUNE PROCESSES
4.2 FACTORS AFFECTING DUNE GROWTH RATES
4.3 DUNE SEDIMENT BUDGET
4.4 PROCEDURE TO ESTIMATE DUNE “TRAPPING FACTOR”
4.5 CONTINUITY EQUATION FOR WIND TRANSPORT OF BEACH SAND
4.6 LIMITED SOURCE DUE TO GRADATION ARMORING
CHAPTER 5: TYPES AND FUNCTIONS OF COASTAL STRUCTURES
5.1 APPLICATIONS
5.2 TYPICAL CROSS SECTIONS AND LAYOUTS
CHAPTER 6: FAILURE MODES OF COASTAL STRUCTURES
6.1 FAILURE MODES OF TYPICAL STRUCTURE TYPES
6.2 SLOPING-FRONT STRUCTURES
6.3 VERTICAL-FRONT STRUCTURES
6.4 FLOATING STRUCTURES
6.5 BEACH FILLS
6.6 SCOUR POTENTIAL AND TOE FAILURE.