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The extent of coverage is impressive. As well as being a useful reference book in its own right, it is extremely useful to have a single starting-point for graduates... the book is well structured and easy to use.
—S. Sinclair, in Maritime Engineering
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Historically, much harm has been done by well-meaning coastal engineering attempts, which seemed like good ideas on paper but which failed to allow for practical issues. For this reason, it is vital that theories and models are well grounded in practice.
This second edition brings the models and examples of practice up to date. It has expanded coverage of tsunamis and generating energy from waves to focus both on the great dangers and the great opportunities that the ocean presents to the coastal zone. With an emphasis on practice and detailed modelling, this is a thorough introduction to all aspects of coastal processes, morphology, and design of coastal defences. It describes numerous case studies to illustrate the successful application of mathematical modelling to real-world practice.
A must-have book for engineering students looking to specialize in coastal engineering and management.
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The coastline has been 'engineered' for many centuries, initially for the development of ports and maritime trade or fishing harbours to support local communities, for example, the Port of A-ur built on the Nile prior to 3000 BC and nearby on the open coast the Port of Pharos around 2000 BC. Read the first page
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The coastline has been 'engineered' for many centuries, initially for the development of ports and maritime trade or fishing harbours to support local communities, for example, the Port of A-ur built on the Nile prior to 3000 BC and nearby on the open coast the Port of Pharos around 2000 BC. Read the first page
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Starts with a competent development of wave theory and spectra. Interesting descriptions of erosion and sedimentation, coastal morphology. Goes a bit overboard on some of the math, particularly risk and reliability. Has a nice long section on conceptual and detailed design.
The book is nice as an introduction but is focussed on water aspects of coastal engineering, and rather omits things like geotechnical and structural issues in design. Seismic design not addressed. Construction methods and quality control during construction not well covered.
The book is nice as an introduction but is focussed on water aspects of coastal engineering, and rather omits things like geotechnical and structural issues in design. Seismic design not addressed. Construction methods and quality control during construction not well covered.
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A Broad Overview of Coastal Engineering
17 Nov 2006
Format:Paperback
This book begins with a short history of coastal engineering. There is an introduction to beach morphology, followed by an entire chapter on wave theory. The authors also focus on sea levels and their implications for coastal engineering, and then move on to coastal transport processes. Risk is assessed in terms of recurrence interval. A chapter is devoted to field methods.
Among the shore protection structures examined are breakwaters, groynes, and seawalls. A moderate amount of attention is devoted to beach nourishment. A design example is also included in which armoured rocks are used for the coastal defense.
This book seems to have a balance of such things as coastal engineering concepts, case histories, mathematical equations, photographs and diagrams, etc. There is a list of symbols used throughout the book, as well as appendices that explain statistical concepts and terminology, maximum likelihood estimation, and harmonic analysis results.
Among the shore protection structures examined are breakwaters, groynes, and seawalls. A moderate amount of attention is devoted to beach nourishment. A design example is also included in which armoured rocks are used for the coastal defense.
This book seems to have a balance of such things as coastal engineering concepts, case histories, mathematical equations, photographs and diagrams, etc. There is a list of symbols used throughout the book, as well as appendices that explain statistical concepts and terminology, maximum likelihood estimation, and harmonic analysis results.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Excellent book
16 Jun 2005
Format:Paperback
I used this book in my civil engineering undergraduate course in coastal engineering and found it to be very useful and relevant to what was being taught. The layout makes each chapter very easy to understand and example problems are very helpful. The authors did a great job in putting this unique text on coastal engineering together.
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26 May 2010
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