Experimental studies of beach scour due to wave action.

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dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noGB562.S66 1973 GBAYen_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorSong, W.O.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSchiller, R.E., Jr.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:01:17Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:01:17Z
dc.date.issued1973en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.description96 p.en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractA series of experiments was conducted to investigate the processes involved in the formation of beach scour, caused by wave action, on a natural beach and a seawall beach. The studies also took into account the determination of the reflection from both the seawall and the deformed beach profile. The standing wave, formed by the reflection of the waves, was found to be important in the analysis of beach scour phenomena. For the calculation of the reflection coefficient, two methods were used: the envelope method and the Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC) method. The results given by the two methods showed excellent agreement. The linear standing wave theory was compared with the second order standing wave theory. The wave surface profile and the corresponding horizontal and vertical velocity components of the water particles at the designated points on the free water surface were calculated on the basis of the two theories. The results of the comparisons indicate that the linear standing wave theory gives good results as a first approximation; therefore, it was used in this study. To predict the scour depth on the natural beach and the seawall beach, regression analyses were performed. The results gave excellent correlation.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeTexas Coasten_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/21048
dc.latitudeen_US
dc.locationGBIC Collectionen_US
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dc.notesen_US
dc.placeCollege Station, Texas:en_US
dc.publisherTexas A&M University Sea Grant.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries3237.00en_US
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dc.scaleen_US
dc.seriesTex. A&M Univ. Sea Grant Pub. TAMU-SG-73-211en_US
dc.subjectbeach erosionen_US
dc.subjectscouringen_US
dc.subjectwave actionen_US
dc.subjectsea wallsen_US
dc.subjectvelocityen_US
dc.subjectregression analysisen_US
dc.titleExperimental studies of beach scour due to wave action.en_US
dc.typeBooken_US
dc.universityen_US
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