Crosshore beach profile models - Application to Aveiro coast

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2006

Autores

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

Revista

Título: Journal of Coastal Research

Nº SI 39

Páginas: 345-350

ISSN: 0749-0208

Editora: Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc.

Indexação

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Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia civil

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: 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.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 6