Landreclamation at the coastal area of Kuantan (Malaysia)

Kuantan, a city on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, faces two main problems. First, the fishing port of Kuantan, in the mouth of the river Sungai Kuantan, has the difficulty of a shallow port entrance. Secondly, the city Kuantan wants to stimulate tourism, for example by building a recreation park at the coastal area. This report...

Vryhof floating breakwater: A Preliminary Study on Wave Attenuation and Mooring Forces, volume 1

A study has been conducted to investigate the wave attenuation characteristics and the mooring forces of a new concept of a floating breakwater concept i n a three-dimensional wave situation with regular waves. A literature study showed that the mooring forces of a floating breakwater in a two dimensional wave situation hardly had been studied....

Fieldwork Coastal Engineering: Varna (Bulgaria)

Research has been carried out in St. Konstantin, Varna, Bulgaria. In the second chapter of this report an Analysis of the Tetra pods on breakwater of the “Sunny Day Marina is presented, where the damage is determined and different approaches are used and compared to determine the significant wave height. In the third chapter the beach...