Handbook Of Coastal And Ocean Engineering
by Kim, Young C.Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-11-04
Publisher(s): World Scientific Pub Co Inc
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Summary
This handbook contains a comprehensive compilation of topics that are at the forefront of many of the technical advances in ocean waves, coastal, and ocean engineering. More than 70 internationally recognized authorities in the field of coastal and ocean engineering have contributed articles on their areas of expertise to this handbook. These international luminaries are from highly respected universities and renowned research and consulting organizations from all over the world. This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of shallow-water waves, water level fluctuations, coastal and offshore structures, port and harbors, coastal sediment processes, environmental problems, coastal hazards, physical modeling, and other issues in coastal and ocean engineering. it is an essential reference for professionals and researchers in the areas of coastal engineering, ocean engineering, oceanography, and meteorology, As well as an invaluable text for graduate students in these fields.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. v |
| Contributors | p. xiii |
| Shallow-Water Waves | |
| Wave Setup | p. 1 |
| Wavemaker Theories | p. 25 |
| Analyses by the Melnikov Method of Damped Parametrically Excited Cross Waves | p. 57 |
| Random Wave Breaking and Nonlinearity Evolution Across the Surf Zone | p. 87 |
| Aeration and Bubbles in the Surf Zone | p. 115 |
| Freak Wave | p. 131 |
| Short-Term Wave Statistics | p. 151 |
| Water-Level Fluctuations | |
| Generation and Prediction of Seiches in Rotterdam Harbor Basins | p. 179 |
| Seiches and Harbor Oscillations | p. 193 |
| Finite Difference Model for Practical Simulation of Distant Tsunamis | p. 237 |
| Coastal Structures | |
| Tsunami-Induced Forces on Structures | p. 261 |
| Nonconventional Wave Damping Structures | p. 287 |
| Wave Interaction with Breakwaters Including Perforated Walls | p. 317 |
| Prediction of Overtopping | p. 341 |
| Wave Run-Up and Wave Overtopping at Armored Rubble Slopes and Mounds | p. 383 |
| Wave Overtopping at Vertical and Steep Structures | p. 411 |
| Surf Parameters for the Design of Coastal Structures | p. 441 |
| Development of Caisson Breakwater Design Based on Failure Experiences | p. 455 |
| Design of Alternative Revetments | p. 479 |
| Remarks on Coastal Stabilization and Alternative Solutions | p. 521 |
| Geotextile Sand Containers for Shore Protection | p. 553 |
| Low Crested Breakwaters | p. 601 |
| Hydrodynamic Behavior of Net Cages in the Open Sea | p. 633 |
| Offshore Structures | |
| State of Offshore Structure Development and Design Challenges | p. 667 |
| Ports and Harbors | |
| Computer Modeling for Harbor Planning and Design | p. 695 |
| Prediction of Squat for Underkeel Clearance | p. 723 |
| Coastal Sediment Processes | |
| Wave-Induced Resuspension of Fine Sediment | p. 775 |
| Suspended Sand and Bedload Transport on Beaches | p. 807 |
| Headland-Bay Beaches for Recreation and Shore Protection | p. 825 |
| Beach Nourishment | p. 843 |
| Engineering of Tidal Inlets and Morphologic Consequences | p. 867 |
| Environmental Problems | |
| Water and Nutrients Flow in the Enclosed Bays | p. 901 |
| Sustainable Coastal Development | |
| Socioeconomic and Environmental Risk in Coastal and Ocean Engineering | p. 923 |
| Utilization of the Coastal Area | p. 953 |
| Coastal Hazards | |
| Ocean Wave Climates: Trends and Variations Due to Earth's Changing Climate | p. 971 |
| Sea Level Rise: Major Implications to Coastal Engineering and Coastal Management | p. 997 |
| Sea Level Rise and Coastal Erosion | p. 1023 |
| Coastal Flooding: Analysis and Assessment of Risk | p. 1039 |
| Physical Modeling | |
| Physical Modeling of Tsunami Waves | p. 1073 |
| Laboratory Simulation of Waves | p. 1107 |
| Coastal Engineering Practice and Education | |
| Perspective on Coastal Engineering Practice and Education | p. 1135 |
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