Basic Coastal Engineering, 3rd Edition

✍ Scribed by Robert M. Sorensen

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 337
• Edition: 3rd
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This text/reference is the only one of its kind to offer the basics on surface wave mechanics and coastal processes along with the fundamentals of coastal engineering analysis and design.  It also provides the necessary background from which the reader can pursue a more advanced study of the various theoretical and applied aspects of coastal hydromechanics and coastal engineering design. This classic text/reference offers senior and beginning post-graduate students in civil and mechanical engineering or the physical and environmental sciences a well-rounded introduction to coastal engineering. Engineers and physical environmental scientists who have not had the opportunity for formal study in coastal engineering, but would like to become familiar with the subject, will also benefit from this timely resource. This classic text/reference offers senior and beginning post-graduate students in civil and mechanical engineering or the physical and environmental sciences a well-rounded introduction to coastal engineering.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
BASIC COASTAL ENGINEERING, 3rd Edition......Page 4
ISBN-13: 9780387233321......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 12
1
Coastal Engineering......Page 14
2
Two-Dimensional Wave Equations and
Wave Characteristics......Page 22
3
Finite-Amplitude Waves......Page 66
4
Wave Refraction, DiVraction, and ReXection......Page 92
5
Coastal Water Level Fluctuations......Page 126
6
Wind-Generated Waves......Page 170
7
Coastal Structures......Page 208
8
Coastal Zone Processes......Page 260
9
Field and Laboratory Investigations......Page 300
A. Notation and Dimensions......Page 322
B. Selected Conversion Factors......Page 327
C. Glossary of Selected Terms......Page 328
Index......Page 334