The use of submerged narrow-crested breakwaters for shoreline erosion control

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 684-722

  Stauble, Donald K ^a   Tabar, Jeffery R ^b  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b PBS and J   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach sand volume change; Breakwater performance evaluation; Narrow crested submerged breakwaters; Prefabricated concrete breakwaters; Scour at structures; Settlement of structures; Shoreline change; Wave attenuation

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BREAKWATER; COASTAL PROTECTION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WAVE REFLECTION;

BREAKWATER; COASTAL PROTECTION; EROSION CONTROL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WAVE ATTENUATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042926833     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. AHRENS, J.P., 1987. Characteristics of reef breakwaters. Technical Report CERC-87-17, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 62 p.
2. AHRENS, J.P. and FULFORD, E.T., 1988. Wave energy dissipation by reef breakwaters, Oceans '88, Marine Technology Society, Washington, D.C., pp. 1244-1249.
3. AMERICAN COASTAL ENGINEERING, 1993. Vero Beach P.E.P. Reef project, design development report for Indian River County. American Coastal Engineering Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida.
4. ATM, 1996. Town of Palm Beach, mid-town beach restoration project. Brochure, Applied Technology and Management, Inc., Gainesville, Florida.
5. BASCO, D.R., 2001. Shore protection projects. In: POPE, J. (part ed.), Coastal Engineering Manual, Part V, Coastal Project Planning and Design, Chapter V-3, Engineer Manual 1110-2-1100, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, DC.
6. BROWDER, A.E., 1994. Performance of Narrow-Crested Submerged Breakwaters. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida, M.S. thesis, 106 p.
7. BROWDER, A.E., 1995. Wave transmission and current patterns associated with narrow-crested submerged breakwaters. In: TATE, L.S. (ed.) Proceedings of the 8th National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 348-364. BROWDER, A.E.; DOMBROWSKI, M.R.; DEAN, R.G., and CHEN, R., 1994. Performance of the Midtown Palm Beach P.E.P. Reef installation, twelve months results. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Department, UFL/COEL-94/017, 61 p.
8. BROWDER, A.E., 1995. Wave transmission and current patterns associated with narrow-crested submerged breakwaters. In: TATE, L.S. (ed.) Proceedings of the 8th National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 348-364. BROWDER, A.E.; DOMBROWSKI, M.R.; DEAN, R.G., and CHEN, R., 1994. Performance of the Midtown Palm Beach P.E.P. Reef installation, twelve months results. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Department, UFL/COEL-94/017, 61 p.
9. BRUNO, M.S.; HERRINGTON, T.O., and RANKIN, K.L., 1996a. The use of artificial reefs in erosion control: results of the New Jersey pilot reef project. In: TATE, L.S. (ed.) Proceedings of the 9th National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 239-254.
10. BRUNO, M.S.; HERRINGTON, T.O.; RANKIN, K.L., and KETTERIDGE, K.E., 1996b. Monitoring study of the Beachsaver Reef at Avalon, New Jersey. Hoboken, New Jersey: Stevens Institute of Technology, Davidson Laboratory, Technical Report SIT-DL-9-96-2739, 106 p.
11. CHASTEN, M.A.; ROSATI, J.D.; MCCORMICK, J.W., and RANDALL, R.E., 1993. Engineering design guidance for detached breakwaters as shoreline stabilization structures. Technical Report CERC-93-19, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 167 p.
12. CHASTEN, M.A.; MCCORMICK, J.W., and ROSATI, J.D., 1994. Using detached breakwaters for shoreline and wetland stabilization. Shore and Beach, 62(2), 17-22.
13. CRETER, R.E.; GARAFFA, T.D., and SCHMIDT, C.J., 1994. Enhancement of beach fill performance by combination with an artificial submerged reef system. In: TATE, L.S. (ed.) Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 69-89.
14. DALLY, W.R. and POPE, J., 1986. Detached breakwaters for shore protection. Technical Report CERC-86-1, U. S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 88 p.
15. DATTATRI, J.; RAMAN, H., and SHANKAR, N.J., 1978. Performance characteristics of submerged breakwaters. Proceedings of the 16th Coastal Engineering Conference, (Hamburg, Germany, ASCE), pp. 2153-2171.
16. DEAN, R.G. and CHEN, R., 1995a. Performance of the Midtown Palm Beach P.E.P. Reef installation, seventeen months results, August 1993 to December 1994. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Department, UFL/COEL-95/004, 49 p.
17. DEAN, R.G. and CHEN, R., 1995b. Performance of the Midtown Palm Beach P.E.P. Reef installation, twenty months results, August 1993 to March 1995. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Department, UFL/COEL-95/009, 10 p.
18. DEAN, R.G. and CHEN, R., 1995c. Performance of the Midtown Palm Beach P.E.P. Reef installation: twenty-three months results, August 1993 to June 1995. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Department, UFL/COEL-95/016, 51 p.
19. DEAN, R.G. and CHEN, R., 1996. Performance of the Midtown Palm Beach P.E.P. Reef installation: final report, July 1992 to June 1995. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Department, UFL/COEL-96/006, 145 p.
20. DEAN, R.G.; DOMBROWSKI, M.R., and BROWDER, A.E., 1994a. Preliminary results from the P.E.P. Reef monitoring project. In: TATE, L.S. (ed.), Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 97-124.
21. DEAN, R.G.; BROWDER, A.E.; GOODRICH, M.S., and DONALDSON, D.G., 1994b. Model tests of the proposed P.E.P. Reef installation at Vero Beach, Florida. Gainesville, Florida: University of Florida, Coastal and Oceanographic Engineering Department, UFL/ COEL-94/012. 46 p.
22. FARRELL, S., 1995. Beach nourishment at Avalon, New Jersey, a comparison of fill performance with and without submerged breakwaters. In: TATE, L.S. (ed.) Proceedings of the 8th National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 149-164.
23. GOLDSMITH, V.; BOKUNIEWICZ, H., and SCHUBERT, C., 1992. Artificial reef breakwaters for shore protection: type description and evaluation. New York Sea Grant, Stony Brook, New York, 32 p.
24. HARRIS, L.E., 1996. Wave attenuation by rigid and flexible-membrane submerged breakwaters. Boca Raton, Florida: Florida Atlantic University, Ph.D. Thesis, 120 p.
25. HERRINGTON, T.O., 1988. Discussion on observations of structure induced scour adjacent to submerged narrow-crested breakwaters. In: ALLSOP, N.W.H. (ed.), Proceedings of Coastlines, Structures and Breakwaters, Thomas Telford, London, England, pp. 322-323.
26. HERRINGTON, T.O.; BRUNO, M.S., and KETTERIDGE, K.E., 1997. Monitoring study of the Beachsaver Reef at Cape May Point, New Jersey. Hoboken, New Jersey: Stevens Institute of Technology, Davidson Laboratory, Technical Report SIT-DL-96-9-2751, 69 p.
27. HERRINGTON, T.O. and BRUNO, M.S., 1998. Observations of structure induced scour adjacent to submerged narrow-crested breakwaters. In: ALLSOP, N.W.H. (ed.), Proceedings of Coastlines, Structures and Breakwaters, Thomas Telford, London, England, pp. 106-118.
28. KRAFFT, K. and HERBICH, J.B., 1989. Literature review and evaluation of offshore detached breakwaters. Texas A&M University, Report No. COE-297, prepared for the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 98 p.
29. LEADON, M.E., 1991. Performance monitoring report of the P.E.P. Reef. Tallahassee, Florida: Florida Division of Beaches and Shores, Bureau of Coastal Engineering and Regulation, DNR Permit No. DBS 86-155 PB.
30. MARTIN, T.R. and SMITH, J.B., 1997. Analysis of the performance of the prefabricated erosion control (P.E.P.) Reef system, Town of Palm Beach, Florida. CETN 11-36, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal Engineering Research Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 8 p.
31. MITCHELL, B.L., 1994. An overview of the PEP (Prefabricated Erosion Prevention)™ Reef development. In: TATE, L.S. (ed.), Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 90-96.
32. POPE, J. and DEAN, J.L., 1986. Development of design criteria for segmented breakwaters. Proceedings of the 20th International Conference of Coastal Engineering (Taipei, Taiwan, ASCE), pp. 2144-2158.
33. STAUBLE, D.K., 1993. An overview of southeast Florida inlet morphodynamics. Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue No. 18, 1-27.
34. STAUBLE, D.K., 2002. Performance of the P.E.P. Reef submerged breakwater project, Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, Final Report (forty-six month results), prepared for State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Indian River County, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 131 p.
35. STAUBLE, D.K. and MCNEILL, D.F., 1985. Coastal Geology and the Occurrence of Beachrock: Central Florida Atlantic Coast. Guidebook for Field Trip #4, The Geological Society of America, Annual Convention, Orlando, Florida, 86p.
36. STAUBLE, D.K. and SMITH, J.B., 1999. Performance of the P.E.P. Reef submerged breakwater project, Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, second annual report, August 1996-September 1998 (twenty-five month results), prepared for State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Indian River County, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 245 p.
37. STAUBLE, D.K.; TABAK, J.R., and SMITH, J.B., 2000. Performance of a submerged breakwater along a hardbottom influenced coast: Vero Beach, Florida. In: TATE, L.S. (ed.), Proceedings of the 13th National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 175-190.
38. WAMSLEY, T.; HANSEN, H., and KRAUS, N.C., 2002. Wave transmission at detached breakwaters for shoreline response modeling, ERDC/CHL CHETN-II-45, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 14 p, http://chl.wes.army.mil/library/publications/chetn/
39. WOODRUFF, P.E., 1994. Florida's new program on experimental beach projects. In: TATE, L.S. (ed.), Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology, Florida Shore and Beach Preservation Association, Tallahassee, Florida, pp. 3-9.
40. ZARILLO, G.A., 2002. Numerical model predictions of waves and currents at P.E.P. Reef submerged breakwater project, Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida. Appendix C, In: STAUBLE, D.K., Performance of the P.E.P. Reef submerged breakwater project, Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, Final Report (forty-six month results), prepared for State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Indian River County, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 16 p.