Coastal dynamics / Willem T. Bakker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bakker, Willem T.

Series:

Advanced series on ocean engineering ; v. 34.

Advanced series on ocean engineering ; 34

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coastal engineering.

Coastal ecology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (540 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : World Scientific, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Our world is constantly changing, governed by continuity, dynamic interactions and boundary conditions. For many coasts, the common denominators contributing to these changes are sand, waves, tides, salt gradients, and human interaction, all themes that are treated in this valuable textbook.Confining itself to essentials, the coverage reflects centuries of theoretical and practical knowledge of Dutch coastal engineers. Focussing, where applicable, on linear theory, the book shows how the essentials of local coastal behavior can be reproduced and predicted.

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Note from the Publisher; 1. Introduction; 2. The Dutch Coast: A Coastal Engineering View; 2.1 Introduction; 2.1.1 Contents of this Chapter; 2.1.2 Overview of the Dutch coast; 2.2 150 Years of Beach Measurements; 2.2.1 Display of coastal changes; 2.2.2 The effect of harbormoles; 2.2.3 Change of the Wadden islands; 2.2.4 The effect of groins; 2.3 The Jarkus Measurements (Holland Coast); 2.3.1 General remarks on the topography; 2.3.2 Breaker bars; Ad a: phenomenological description; Ad b: The mathematical description of the breaker bars

Ad c: the order of magnitude of the cross-shore transport2.3.3 The effect of harbor moles and other effects of human interference; 2.3.4 Coastal behavior after averaging of the breaker bars; 2.3.5 Philosophy concerning "trend"; 2.3.6 General conclusions concerning Section 2.3.; 2.4 Sand Transport by Waves and Tides (Uninterrupted Coast); 2.5 Tides, Shaping a Coast: Lessons from Van Veen and Other Old Masters; 2.5.1 Introduction; 2.5.2 Terminology

2.5.3 Morphological behavior of tidal channels in outer delta's. The Van Veen theory on outer deltas and its application for the Dutch coast, especially the Wadden coast2.5.4 Van Veen theory concerning ebband flood channels; 2.5.5 Accuracy as limitation for the law of continuity; 2.6 Changes of the Zealand coast by Man and Nature; References; 3. Line Theories in Coastal Dynamics; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 One Line Theory, No Diffraction; 3.2.1 Assumptions; 3.2.2 The coastal equation of Pelnard-Considere; 3.2.3 Analogies; 3.2.4 Law of Scale

3.2.5 Applications of the laws of scale in some simple casesQuestion: how does the coastline change?; Required: the Coastal shape; 3.2.6 Analytical basic solutions; 3.2.7 Graphical solutions; 3.3 2-Line Theory; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 The mechanism of a groin; 3.3.3 Definitions and assumptions; 3.3.4 The stationary case; 3.3.5 Non-stationary processes; 3.4 More-Line Theories; 3.4.1 Equations for a three-line model; 3.4.2 Smit's solution for the three-line model (2-D problem); 3.4.3 General considerations on more-line theories; 3.5 Symbols Concerning Chapter 3; References

4. Determination of Coastal Constants4.1 General Considerations; 4.1.1 Introduction to Chapter 4; 4.1.2 Considerations on coastal equations and coastal constants; 4.2 Calculation of Coastal Constants from Hindcasting of Field Data; 4.2.1 Direct comparison coastline computations with field data; 4.2.2 Kalman filtering; 4.2.2.1. Kalman filtering in general; 4.2.2.2. Application on the two-line model; 4.2.2.3. Results; 4.3 Computation of Coastal Constants in Longshore Direction from the Wave Climate; 4.3.1 Introduction to Section 4.3; 4.3.2 Waves stationary and uniform along the coast

4.3.3 Effect of wave climate (uniform along the coast)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-89993-0

981-281-423-X

OCLC:

827623539