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The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency with a mission to provide vital public engineering services in peace and war to strengthen the nation's security, energize the economy, and reduce risks from disasters. It is also a major U.S. Army organization employing some 38,000 ...
The littoral current in the breaker zone moving essentially parallel to the shore, usually generated by waves breaking at an angle to the shoreline.
Industry:Engineering
In the design of harbors, harbor works, etc., the type or types of waves selected as having the characteristics against which protection is desired.
Industry:Engineering
An artificially maintained sea lane extending from an inland water body into the marginal sea to accomodate vessel traffic through coastal shallows.
Industry:Engineering
A layer or layers of graded fine stones underlying a breakwater, groin or rock embankment to prevent the natural bed material from being washed away.
Industry:Engineering
A layer or layers of graded fine stones underlying a breakwater, groin or rock embankment to prevent the natural bed material from being washed away.
Industry:Engineering
Upper surface of an unconfined aquifer (e.g. the top sand layer in a dike) at which the pressure in the groundwater is equal to atmospheric pressure.
Industry:Engineering
Bundles of twigs or sticks, often willow, used in building earthworks or levees (traditional practice in Holland and China.). Alternate term: fascine
Industry:Engineering
The characteristic weather of a region, particularly regarding temperature and precipitation, averaged over some significant internal of time (years).
Industry:Engineering
Fill material, usually earth or rock, placed with sloping sides and with a length greater than its height. Usually an embankment is wider than a dike.
Industry:Engineering
The highest level of water which can be predicted to occur under any combination of astronomical conditions. This level may not be reached every year.
Industry:Engineering
