Design Of Beach Fills

This manual provides guidance for the design of beach fill projects intended to protect coastal development from coastal storm waves and erosion. This manual applies to HQUSACE elements, major subordinate commands, districts, laboratories, and field operating activities having responsibility for design, construction, and operation of civil works projects within the nearshore coastal region. This manual discusses the data needed, identifies data sources, and discusses parameters and methods applicable to beach fill design procedures. The importance of borrow material characteristics and procedures for adjusting the fill quantity to account for differences between natural beach material and borrow material are presented. Monitoring needs prior to, during, and following construction are also discussed.

Offshore sand and gravel deposits constitute an extensive mineral resource whose importance and economic value increase steadily as onshore and lagoonal sources become unavailable. One major use of these marine deposits is for beach nourishment where the amount of initial fill material needed and the expected periodic renourishment requirements are usually estimated using fill factor and renourishment beach fill models, respectively. Textural properties of borrow site and native beach sediments are used as the basic input for beach fill model calculations. Alterations to borrow sediment texture properties of dredging and handling techniques can significantly affect both the predicted response of the sediments after placement in the beach environment and economic aspects of the project.

Introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers and construction managers interested in design and construction of beach fill improvements. Here is what is discussed: 1. PROJECT OBJECTIVES, 2. PROJECT FEATURES, 3. DEFINE REGIONAL SETTING AND SITE HISTORY, 4. REACH DELINEATION, 5. EVALUATE SEDIMENT SOURCES.

Introductory technical guidance for civil and marine engineers interested in engineering aspects of beach-fill design. Here is what is discussed: 1. PROJECT OBJECTIVES 2. PROJECT FEATURES 3. DEFINE REGIONAL SETTING AND SITE HISTORY 4. REACH DELINEATION 5. EVALUATE SEDIMENT SOURCES.

Introductory technical guidance for civil and marine engineers interested in beach protection, management and design. Here is what is discussed: 1. BERM ELEVATION 2. BERM WIDTH 3. DUNE DIMENSIONS 4. DESIGN PROFILE SHAPE 5. OPTIMIZATION OF DESIGN PROFILE 6. CROSS-SECTIONAL FILL VOLUME REQUIREMENTS.

This publication provides introductory technical guidance for civil engineers, marine engineers and other professional engineers, planners and construction managers interested in beach-fill projects. Here is what is discussed: 1. BERM ELEVATION, 2. BERM WIDTH, 3. DUNE DIMENSIONS, 4. DESIGN PROFILE SHAPE, 5. OPTIMIZATION OF DESIGN PROFILE, 6. CROSS-SECTIONAL FILL VOLUME REQUIREMENTS.

This publication provides introductory technical guidance for civil engineers and other professional engineers, planners and construction managers interested in Engineering Aspects of Beach-Fill Design. Here is what is discussed: 1. PROJECT OBJECTIVES, 2. PROJECT FEATURES, 3. DEFINE REGIONAL SETTING AND SITE HISTORY, 4. REACH DELINEATION, 5. EVALUATE SEDIMENT SOURCES.