First Year Morphological Evolution of an Artificial Berm at Fort Myers Beach, Florida

Abstract

Maintenance dredging is a common practice in inlets and channels for navigation. As a part of regional sediment management, the dredged material is often used for nearby shore protection. One method is placing sand directly on the adjacent beach. The other is placement of a nearshore berm, i.e., to add sediment to the littoral system and/or act as a breakwater to dissipate wave energy and slow erosion (Allison and Pollock, 1993). Compared to beach fill, berm nourishment may have the advantage of being less costly with more lenient restrictions on the dredged material.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA559305

Entities

People

  • Katherine E. Brutsché
  • Ping Wang

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Dredging
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Environmental Protection
  • Grain Size
  • Maintenance
  • Materials
  • Navigation
  • Personal Information Managers
  • Regions
  • Sediments
  • Shore Protection
  • Shores
  • Wave Power

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Applied Combinatorial Optimization and Logic Circuit Design.
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering