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Headland-bay beaches (HBBs) are ubiquitous in coastal environment.
They exist around the world naturally or artificially as byproduct
of engineering project. Though in various shapes, sizes and
stability, a HBB in static equilibrium not only is a delight for
visitors, but also offers hope for better beach protection,
restoration, recreation, and shoreline management. With an
empirical parabolic model now available, the stability of an
existing HBB can be verified, the future bay shape downdrift of a
harbor can be predefined, and a stable HBB can be designed.Although
a plethora of books are available for coastal and ocean engineering
and geomorphology, only a countable few have covered engineering
applications of HBBs. On the contrary, this book with focus on the
HBBs in static equilibrium aims to offer a comprehensive volume
with knowledge and applications for coastal scientists, engineers,
managers, students, and the general public interested in HBBs.
Useful software tools for HBBs (MEPBAY, MeePaSoL, and SMC) are
introduced in the book to aid in applications.The authors have set
out to make this book the first unique publication on HBBs, by
bringing together the old coastal geomorphic knowledge and new
concepts for static bay beaches. This book also provides numerous
examples using the static bay beach concept to assist coastal
scientists and engineers on planning and pre-design of a stable
HBB, and for experimentalists, consultants, and numerical modelers
to alleviate the burden of comparing planning options and
conducting laborious physical experiments on coastal sedimentation
problems.
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