Coastal Engineering 1992 · 1993 · 13 citations · 3 references
EngineeringCivil EngineeringOcean EngineeringCoastal EngineeringCoastal OceanographyOcean ModelingBeach ManagementBeach MorphodynamicsBeach NourishmentCoastal DynamicsCoastal ManagementCoastal ProcessesBeach MorphologyBeach Nourishment StructuresBeach Profile EvolutionCoastal Habitat ProtectionCoastal Infrastructure ProtectionCoastal Protection ModelingNourishment Performance MonitoringNumerical Modeling Of Coastal Protection
A description is given of a new large project of artificial beach nourishment protected by a submerged sill carried out at Lido di Ostia near Rome in 1989-1991. After a review of the main aspects of the design (supported by model tests) and construction, details are given of the ongoing field monitoring program. Collected data has been used to verify the predictions of numerical models of cross-shore and longshore evolution of the perched beach. Useful preliminary lessons have been drawn from this unconventional experience of coastal protection.
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