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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flood

Engineering; Coastal engineering

(1) Period when tide level is rising; often taken to mean the flood current which occurs during this period (2) A flow beyond the carrying capacity of a channel.

hard defenses

Engineering; Coastal engineering

General term applied to impermeable coastal defense structures of concrete, timber, steel, masonry, etc, which reflect a high proportion of incident wave energy.

jonswap spectrum

Engineering; Coastal engineering

Wave spectrum typical of growing deep water waves developed from field experiments and measurements of waves and wave spectra in the Joint North Sea Wave Peoject

mean wave height

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The mean of all individual waves in an observation interval of approximately half an hour. In case of a Rayleigh-distribution 63% of the significant wave height.

shoreward mass transport

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The movement of water due to wave motion, which carries water through the breaker zone in the direction of wave propagation. Part of the nearshore current system.

plateau

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A land area (usually extensive) having a relatively level surface raised sharply above adjacent land on at least one side; table land. A similar undersea feature.

syzygy

Engineering; Coastal engineering

The two points in the Moon's orbit when the Moon is in conjunction or opposition to the Sun relative to the Earth; time of new or full Moon in the cycle of phases.