Coastal Engineering: Processes, Theory and Design Practice

✍ Scribed by Dominic Reeve, Andrew Chadwick, Christopher Fleming

Publisher: Spon Press
Year: 2004
Tongue: English
Leaves: 490
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

A thorough introduction to all aspects of coastal processes, morphology and design of coastal defences, featuring extensive detailed modelling techniques and numerous case studies showing actual examples of mathematical modelling in application. Ideal for students, this is also an essential reference for coastal management professionals.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 8
1 Introduction......Page 30
2 Wave theory......Page 50
3 Design wave specification......Page 98
4 Coastal water level variations......Page 131
5 Coastal transport processes......Page 171
6 Coastal morphology: analysis, modelling and prediction......Page 210
7 Design, reliability and risk......Page 258
8 Field measurements and physical models......Page 313
9 Conceptual and detailed design......Page 341
References......Page 450
Appendix A Summary of statistical concepts and terminology......Page 468
Appendix B Maximum likelihood estimation......Page 474
Appendix C Harmonic analysis results......Page 480
Index......Page 482

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