3rd Edition

Coastal Engineering Processes, Theory and Design Practice

542 Pages 234 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

542 Pages 234 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

542 Pages 234 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Effective coastal engineering is expensive, but it is not as costly as neglect or ineffective intervention. Good practice needs to be based on sound principles, but theoretical work and modelling also need to be well grounded in practice, which is continuously evolving. Conceptual and detailed design has been advanced by new industry publications since the publication of the second edition.... Read more

Introduction. Wave theory. Design wave specification. Coastal water level variations. Coastal transport processes. Coastal morphology: analysis, modelling and prediction. Design, reliability and risk. Field measurements and physical models. Conceptual and detailed design. Appendices: Summary of statistical concepts and terminology; Maximum likelihood estimation; Harmonic analysis results; Normal distribution tables.

Biography

Dominic Reeve is Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Swansea, UK and a Chartered Mathematician.

Andrew Chadwick is former Professor of Coastal Engineering at the University of the West Indies and Honorary Professor at Plymouth, UK.

Chris Fleming is a former Group Director of Halcrow, UK.

"I found the book a useful instructional tool that covered the most relevant concepts that coastal engineering students at undergraduate and graduate level must learn. The book is well laid out and provides enough example work-throughs and case studies for students to test the knowledge and see the work in practice."

-- Kristen Splinter, University of New South Wales, Australia

"Overall, the book covers the most important material for coastal engineering at both undergraduate and postgraduate level."

-- Dong-Sheng Jeng, Griffith University, Australia

"… a comprehensive work, well-explained and at the same time advanced. It is a good book for both scholars and practitioners."

-- Genserik Reniers, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands