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Basic Coastal Engineering

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  • © 1997

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Authors:
  1. Robert M. Sorensen

    1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Coastal Engineering

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    Pages 1-8

  3. Two-Dimensional Wave Equations and Wave Characteristics

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    Pages 9-52

  4. Finite-Amplitude Waves

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    Pages 53-77

  5. Wave Refraction, Diffraction, and Reflection

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    Pages 78-107

  6. Coastal Water Level Fluctuations

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    Pages 108-150

  7. Wind-Generated Waves

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    Pages 151-186

  8. Coastal Structures

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    Pages 187-232

  9. Coastal Zone Processes

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    Pages 233-266

  10. Field and Laboratory Investigations

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    Pages 267-286

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 287-301
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About this book

In the 20 years since publication of the first edition of this book there have been a number of significant changes in the practice of coastal engineering. This new edition has been completely rewritten to reflect these changes as well as to make other improvements to the material presented in the original text. _ Basic Coastal Engineering is an introductory text on wave mechanics and coastal processes along with the fundamentals of the practice of coa~tal engi­ neering. This book was written for a senior or first postgraduate course in coastal engineering. It is also suitable for self study by anyone having a basic engineering or physical science background. The level of coverage does not require a math or fluid mechanics background beyond that presented in a typical undergraduate civil or mechanical engineering curriculum. The material presented in this text is based on the author's lecture notes from a one-semester course at Virginia Pol­ ytechnic Institute, Texas A&M University, and George Washington University, and a senior elective course at Lehigh University. The text contains examples to demonstrate the various analysis techniques that are presented and each chapter (except the first and last) has a collection of problems for the reader to solve that further demonstrate and expand upon the text material. Chapter 1 briefly describes the coastal environment and introduces the rela­ tively new field of coastal engineering.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA

    Robert M. Sorensen

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Basic Coastal Engineering

  • Authors: Robert M. Sorensen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2665-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-2665-7Published: 14 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 2

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 301

  • Topics: Oceanography, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics

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