Open AccessTHE EFFECT OF GROYNES ON STABLE BEACHES
Author(s) -
W.A. Price,
K.W. Tomlinson
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
coastal engineering proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v11.32
Subject(s) - littoral zone , submarine pipeline , geology , geotechnical engineering , environmental science , oceanography
The paper describes tests carried out in a wave basin to study the effect of groynes on a beach that was stable for a particular wave climate and a given supply of littoral material. The main conclusion was that on the part of the beach between H.W. and L.W. level the groynes produced no build up. The only build-up that occurred took place seaward of the impermeable groynes. Permeable groynes had little effect either inshore or offshore.
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