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Coastal processes : Concepts in coastal engineering and their applications to multifarious environments / Tomoya Shibayama

By: Shibayama, Tomoya [autor]Series: Concepts in coastal engineering and their applications to multifarious environments ; No. 28Publisher: Estados Unidos : World Scientific Publishing, ©2009Description: xii, 215 páginas : ilustraciones ; 23 cmContent type: texto Media type: no mediado Carrier type: volumenISBN: 9789812813954Subject(s): ingeniería costera - Los libros de texto | Ingeniería costeraDDC classification: 532

Contents:

Introduction. -- Review of fundamental fluid mechanics. -- Basic Equations for wave motion (linear wave theory). -- Wave induced physical phenomena. -- Wave transformation. -- Surfzone Dynamics. -- Wind waves. -- Wave induced currents. -- Wave forces on structures. -- Coastal sediment transport. -- Beach erosion and beach accretion. -- Natural disasters in coastal environment.

Summary: This book provides us with important concepts in coastal engineerinf, their applications to coastal processes and disaster prevention works. It is designed for graduate students pursuing advanced studies in coastal processes and for engineers and managers of coastal zone management. The first part describes basic concepts of coastal engineering, dealing mainly with wave-induced physical problems in the field of coastal engineering and hydraulics.

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Item type	Current location	Collection	Call number	Vol info	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	CRAI FUA Jaime Posada Colección general	Colección general	532 S555 (Browse shelf)	2009	1	Available		0000052722

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This book provides us with important concepts in coastal engineerinf, their applications to coastal processes and disaster prevention works. It is designed for graduate students pursuing advanced studies in coastal processes and for engineers and managers of coastal zone management. The first part describes basic concepts of coastal engineering, dealing mainly with wave-induced physical problems in the field of coastal engineering and hydraulics.

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Preface (p. v)
2.1 Brief History of Fluid Mechanic (p. 13)
11.2.3 River profile change model (p. 187)
11.2.4 Sediment transport (p. 190)
11.2.5 Sediment evaluation (p. 192)
12 Natural Disasters in Coastal Environment (p. 197)
12.1 Storm Surge (p. 198)
12.1.1 Basic mechanism (p. 198)
12.1.2 Numerical simulation (p. 199)
12.2 Tsunami (p. 200)
12.3 Case Study, Indian Ocean Tsunami (2004) (p. 202)
12.3.1 Surveys in Sri Lanka (p. 202)
2.2 Brief Review of Vector Analysis (p. 14)
12.3.2 Surveys in Indonesia (p. 205)
12.3.3 Tsunami disaster prevention (p. 205)
Subject Index (p. 207)
Author Index (p. 213)
2.2.1 Introduction of vector and scalar operators (p. 14)
2.2.2 The physical meaning of rotation (p. 15)
2.3 Conservation Laws of Fluid Mechanics (p. 17)
2.3.1 Mass conservation (p. 17)
2.3.2 Momentum conservation (p. 19)
2.3.3 Energy conservation (p. 23)
2.4 Irrotational Flow of Inviscid Fluid (p. 24)
2.4.1 Velocity potential (p. 24)
Preface of Old Edition (p. vii)
2.4.2 Stream function (p. 25)
2.4.3 Complex potential (p. 26)
3 Basic Equations for Wave Motion (Linear Wave Theory) (p. 31)
3.1 Basic Equations (p. 31)
3.2 Linear Wave Theory (p. 35)
4 Wave Induced Physical Phenomena (p. 43)
4.1 Mass Transport Velocity (p. 43)
4.2 The Bottom Boundary Layer (p. 46)
4.2.1 Formulation (p. 46)
4.2.2 Solution of the linearized boundary layer equation (p. 48)
1 Introduction (p. 1)
4.2.3 The bottom shear stress (p. 50)
5 Wave Transformation (p. 53)
5.1 Wave Shoaling (p. 53)
5.2 Wave Breaking (p. 55)
5.3 Wave Reflection and Transmission (p. 58)
5.4 Wave Refraction (p. 58)
5.5 Wave Diffraction (p. 62)
5.6 Mild Slope Equation (p. 64)
5.7 Wave Field Calculation by Boussinesq Equations (p. 66)
5.8 Examination of Breaker Height Formula (p. 69)
1.1 Three Examples of Japanese Experience of Coastal Environment Change Due to Construction Works (p. 3)
5.8.1 Introduction (p. 69)
5.8.2 Existing breaker height formulas (p. 69)
5.9 Energy Dissipation of Breaking Waves (p. 73)
5.9.1 Energy dissipation for regular waves (p. 73)
5.9.2 Energy dissipation for irregular waves (p. 75)
6 Surfzone Dynamics (p. 83)
6.1 General View of Surfzone Dynamics (p. 83)
6.2 Numerical Model of Surfzone Velocity Field (p. 86)
6.2.1 Hydrodynamic model (p. 86)
6.2.2 Numerical formulation (p. 88)
1.1.1 Ookozu channel for flood control of the Shinano River (p. 3)
6.3 A Three-Dimensional Large Eddy Simulation (p. 91)
6.3.1 Methodology (p. 91)
6.3.2 Numerical results (p. 94)
7 Wind Waves (p. 99)
7.1 Wind Generated Waves (p. 99)
7.1.1 Individual wave statistics (p. 100)
7.1.2 Energy spectrum (p. 101)
7.2 Wave Forecasting (p. 104)
8 Wave Induced Currents (p. 109)
8.1 Currents in Nearshore Field (p. 109)
1.1.2 Reclamation work in Tokyo Bay (p. 5)
8.2 Radiation Stress (p. 110)
8.2.1 The concept of radiation stress (p. 110)
8.2.2 Wave set-up and set-down (p. 111)
8.3 Nearshore Current System (p. 114)
8.3.1 Longshore current velocity distribution (p. 114)
8.3.2 Nearshore circulation (p. 116)
8.4 Undertow Profile (p. 120)
8.4.1 Governing equations (p. 120)
8.4.2 Vertical distribution of shear stress and eddy viscosity coefficient (p. 120)
8.4.3 Mean velocity (p. 121)
1.1.3 Coastal protection works in Suruga Bay (p. 8)
8.4.4 Comparison with experiments (p. 122)
9 Wave Forces on Structures (p. 125)
9.1 Breakwater (p. 125)
9.2 Forces on Cylinder (p. 127)
9.3 Breaking Wave Pressure (p. 128)
9.4 Breaking Impact Pressure on Vertical Breakwater (p. 133)
9.5 Caisson Displacement (p. 137)
10 Coastal Sediment Transport (p. 143)
10.1 Sand Transport (p. 143)
10.1.1 General description (p. 143)
1.2 General View of River Sediment Supply to Coastal Area over the World (p. 9)
10.1.2 Cross-shore transport formula (p. 147)
10.1.3 Longshore transport formula (p. 150)
10.1.4 Initiation of sand transport (p. 151)
10.1.5 Suspended sediment concentration in and outside the surf zone (p. 152)
10.2 Modelling of Time-Dependent Sand Transport at the Bottom Boundary Layer (p. 157)
10.2.1 The turbulent convection-diffusion equation for the sand concentration field (p. 157)
10.2.2 Formulation of boundary conditions (p. 159)
10.2.3 Sand concentration within the bottom boundary layer-comparison with laboratory data (p. 161)
10.3 Mud Transport (p. 164)
10.3.1 Mud behavior in coastal area (p. 164)
2 Review of Fundamental Fluid Mechanics (p. 13)
10.3.2 Cross-shore mud transport and beach deformation (p. 167)
11 Beach Erosion and Beach Accretion (p. 177)
11.1 Cases in Developing Countries (p. 177)
11.1.1 General trend-Japan model (p. 177)
11.1.2 The case of Thailand (p. 179)
11.1.3 The case of Vietnam (p. 179)
11.1.4 Discussions (p. 182)
11.2 Sediment Production in River Basin and River Sediment Transport to Coasts (p. 183)
11.2.1 Introduction (p. 184)
11.2.2 Methodology (p. 184)

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Tomoya Shibayama is a Professor of Civil Engineering at Yokohama National University, Japan. He received his Doctorate degree in Engineering from the University of Tokyo. Formerly, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo and at Asian Institute of Technology. He has long experiences of survey of coastal processes and coastal disasters in developing countries including Asia and Africa. Presently he serves as the editor-in-chief of Coastal Engineering Journal (CEJ).

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