Headland-bay Beaches: Static Equilibrium Concept for Shoreline Management (Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering)

Hsu, Rong-chung John/ Lee, Jung Lyul/ Klein, Antonio Henrique Da Fontoura

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd（2021/06発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 812 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789811227714
• DDC分類 333.917

Full Description

Headland-bay beaches (HBBs) are ubiquitous in coastal environment. They exist around the world naturally or artificially as byproduct of engineering project. Though in various shapes, sizes and stability, a HBB in static equilibrium not only is a delight for visitors, but also offers hope for better beach protection, restoration, recreation, and shoreline management. With an empirical parabolic model now available, the stability of an existing HBB can be verified, the future bay shape downdrift of a harbor can be predefined, and a stable HBB can be designed.Although a plethora of books are available for coastal and ocean engineering and geomorphology, only a countable few have covered engineering applications of HBBs. On the contrary, this book with focus on the HBBs in static equilibrium aims to offer a comprehensive volume with knowledge and applications for coastal scientists, engineers, managers, students, and the general public interested in HBBs. Useful software tools for HBBs (MEPBAY, MeePaSoL, and SMC) are introduced in the book to aid in applications.The authors have set out to make this book the first unique publication on HBBs, by bringing together the old coastal geomorphic knowledge and new concepts for static bay beaches. This book also provides numerous examples using the static bay beach concept to assist coastal scientists and engineers on planning and pre-design of a stable HBB, and for experimentalists, consultants, and numerical modelers to alleviate the burden of comparing planning options and conducting laborious physical experiments on coastal sedimentation problems.

Contents

Geomorphic and Global Aspects: Development in Coastal Geomorphology; Wave Hydrodynamics; Global Aspects of Beaches; Empirical Approaches: Geomorphic Characteristics of Headland-Bay Beaches; Empirical Bay Shape Equations; Empirical and Numerical Software Tools; Shore Protection and Engineering Applications: Shore Protection Methods; Coastal Ports and Harbors; Static Bay Beach Concept for Coastal Management; Case Studies of Engineering Applications; Appendix; References; Subject Index;