Wave Refraction at Coos Bay, Oregon. Coastal Model Investigation

Abstract

Coos Bay, Oregon, is protected by two rubble-mound jetties. At present, 500 ft of the north jetty has deteriorated to the extent that structural integrity is threatened. This report discusses the efforts by the US Army Engineer District, Portland, to restore the jetty, assisted in their efforts by the Coastal Engineering REsearch Center which has performed a numerical water wave refraction/diffraction/shoaling analysis over the outer bathymetry at Coos Bay to determine wave characteristics. Keywords: Ocean wave refraction; Rubble-mound breakwaters; Storm damage.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200474

Entities

People

  • Ernest R. Smith

Organizations

  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Breakwaters
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Diffraction
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Management Personnel
  • Measurement
  • Refraction
  • Regions
  • Simulations
  • Structural Integrity
  • Water Waves
  • Waterways
  • Wave Propagation
  • Waves

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering