Introduction to coastal engineering and management /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kamphuis, J. William (autor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Jersey : World Scientific Publishing Co., 2020
Edition:tercera edición
Series:Advanced Series on Ocean Engineering. Volume 48
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction.
  • Chapter 2. Water waves.
  • Chapter 3. Short-term wave analysis.
  • Chapter 4. Long-term wave analysis.
  • Chapter 5. Wave generation.
  • Chapter 6. Wave transformation and breaking.
  • Chapter 7. Tides and water levels.
  • Chapter 8. Rare extraneous events.
  • Chapter 9. Desing of structures.
  • Chapter 10. Breakwaters.
  • Chapter 11. Introduction to coastal management.
  • Chapter 12. Coastal sediment transport.
  • Chapter 13. Basic shore processes.
  • Chapter 14. Coastal desing.
  • Chapter 15. One-dimensional modeling of coastal morphology.
  • Chapter 16. Shore protection.
  • Chapter 17. Contemporary concepts.
  • Chapter 18. Climate, climate change and climate change impacts.
  • Chapter 19. Problems.
  • References.
  • Author index.
  • Subject index.