Crosshore beach profile models - Application to Aveiro coast

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2006

Authors

Carlos Daniel Coelho (Author) FEUP; Fernando Veloso Gomes (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Journal of Coastal Research

No. SI 39

Pages: 345-350

ISSN: 0749-0208

Publisher: Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc.

Indexing

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Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Civil engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-004-FRZ

Abstract (EN): Beach profiles should be understood as a response to waves, currents and sediments of the beach. Different proposals were suggested to define equilibrium beach profiles (EBP) and its reaction to storms or sea level rise. Associated with EBP is the definition of depth of closure, an important concept in numerous coastal engineering operations. The work carried out tries to verify the behavior of the various models, when applied to the real situation of the Portuguese West coast, near Aveiro, but difficulty of comparison with real data, enhance the complexity of the analyzed phenomenon. In these cases, calibration is also difficult. Sensitive analyzes of the parameters involved in the different models and its implication on the variation of the results obtained is developed. The large range of possibilities, depending on parameterization, represents the actual scenario of knowledge of the coastal processes. Future work should lead to a narrowing of the limits of the possible results. A solution is proposed for beach evaluation of erosion or accretion, by definition of an interval of options and classification of its probabilities of occurrence.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6