Low - Cost Shore Protection. Final Report on the Shoreline Erosion Control Demonstration Program (Section 54) 1981

Abstract

This report documents the results of a program conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to develop and demonstrate low-cost methods of shore protection in accordance with the provisions of Section 54, Public Law 93-251, 93d Congress, approved March 7, 1974. The program objectives were to provide a data base for use in the logical selection of devices or combination of devices to protect inland or sheltered shorelines in any region of the United States, and to develop techniques for making such a selection. Topics covered include breakwaters, bulkheads, groins, revetments, seawalls, sills and vegetation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA109379

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aging (Materials)
  • Chemistry
  • Climate Change
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Construction
  • Environment
  • Environmental Protection
  • Flood Control
  • Geography
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Ridges
  • Sea Level Rise
  • Storm Surges
  • Terrain
  • Topography

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  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
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