USE OP CRENULATE SHAPED BAYS TO STABILIZE COASTS
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Keywords

bay
crenulate shaped bay
coastal stabalization

How to Cite

Silvester, R., & Ho, S.-K. (1972). USE OP CRENULATE SHAPED BAYS TO STABILIZE COASTS. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(13), 70. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v13.70

Abstract

Crenulate shaped bays are the rule rather than the exception on coastal margins of oceans, inland seas or lakes where sedimentary beaches exist between headlands. They have a particular orientation to the swell or resultant wave energy vector, such that the straight tangent section is downcoast and the curved portion upcoast. The latter is a logarithmic spiral at all stages of development of the bay. When fully stable, that is no littoral drift taking place, the constant of the log-spiral equation has a specific relationship to the approach angle of the waves to the headland alignment. In this condition it is shown that diffraction and refraction are involved when waves sculpture the curved beach in the lee of the upcoast headland. A further ratio to identify stable bays appears to be the ratio of indentation length to clearance between headlands. The application of crenulate shaped bays to stabilization of a reclaimed shoreline suffering strong littoral drift on Singapore Island is described.
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v13.70
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