Chronic Beach Erosion Adjacent to Inlets and Remediation by Composite (T-Head) Groins

Abstract

Beaches located directly downdrift of inlets may become isolated from sediment sources and experience chronic erosion. Because shore-protection actions taken on a beach isolated from sediment sources may not significantly disturb the downdrift beach, highly efficient sand-retention structures such as T-head and L-head groins may be considered as a remediation measure. This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) gives an overview of the performance and functional design procedures for T-head and similar composite groins.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA588793

Entities

People

  • Hans Hanson
  • Nicholas C. Kraus

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Beach Erosion
  • Beaches
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Structures
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Erosion
  • Hydraulics
  • Materials
  • Regions
  • Ridges
  • Shore Protection
  • Shores
  • Wave Propagation

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.