Open AccessBEACH DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN HEADLAKD BREAKWATERS
Author(s) -
S.Y. Chew,
Philip Wong,
Keh-Chuang Chin
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v14.82
Subject(s) - berm , breakwater , headland , geology , longshore drift , littoral zone , shore , geotechnical engineering , oceanography , geomorphology , sediment , sediment transport
Breakwaters in a series can be employed to protect sedimentary coasts. They are used to protect newly reclaimed land along the southeast coast of Singapore; they act as headlands between which sand beaches are formed. The development of these beaches takes place under conditions of low energy waves, a predominant wave direction from the southeast and an east-west littoral drift. The characteristics and development of three beaches over a one-year period are presented. Surveys of the reclaimed land show various beach types between the headland breakwaters. A relationship exists between berm orientation and headland breakwater orientation. Beach stability is tentatively indicated by the formation of a wide berm.