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© Kevin Bodge. All rights reserved. 2011.
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A note regarding the PDF version of this
presentation.
This is a condensed version of a live seminar presented at the
2011 National Conference on Beach Preservation Technology,
hosted by the Florida Shore & Beach Preservation Association
(FSBPA), in Jacksonville Florida, on February 10, 2011.
The presentation includes significant visual animation and
narrative describing the physical processes and typical effect of
coastal structures along sandy beaches. These live features are
not captured in this PDF presentation, nor fully explained through
the static images herein. We hope that you might have the
opportunity to see a complete presentation of this topic at a future
FSBPA conference.
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coastal structures
1. Shoreline armoring (seawalls, revetments)
2. Littoral drift structures (groins, breakwaters)
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SEAWALL
REVETMENT
Shoreline Armoring
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Vertical Seawall
Rock Revetment
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SAND-FILLED
GEOTEXTILE
TUBES
Shoreline Armoring
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Pre-Storm (“Summer”) Beach Profile
Eroded (“Storm”) Profile – Natural Beach
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Pre-Storm (“Summer”) Beach Profile
Eroded (“Storm”) Profile – Natural Beach
Eroded (“Storm”) Profile – w/ Seawall
SE
AW
ALL
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BEACH
WAVE UPRUSH
BEACH RECOVERY
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BEACH RECOVERY
sand deposits (beach accretion)
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SEAWALL
WAVE UPRUSH
BEACH RECOVERY in presence of shoreline armor where the fronting beach sand is
saturated and cannot absorb the wave
uprush nor accumulate the sand that
would be otherwise deposited.
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Kailua Beach, Oahu
Hawai’i
Porous Sill Bulkead
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seaw
all
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FLANKING
seaw
all
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Longshore Sediment Transport
FLANKING
seaw
all
seaw
all
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Longshore Sediment Transport
FLANKING
seaw
all
seaw
all
MORE SEAWALLS
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Patrick Air Force Base, Florida
Before Beach Nourishment (1997)
After Beach Nourishment
(2010)
Removing the armor from the
active littoral system is the best
approach to removing its effects
upon the beach.
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“Groins” versus “Jetties”
jetty
spur groin groins
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Example of a Groin Field (Bald Head Island, North Carolina)
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GROIN BE
AC
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GROIN BE
AC
H
GROIN
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Rock Boulders Geotubes
Timber Steel
The effect of a groin is the
same regardless of its
material construction.
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Permeable Groin
Permeable Groin
BE
AC
H
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Photos courtesy of Brett Moore; Humiston & Moore
King Pile Groin
Dog-Bone Groin
Examples of Permeable Groin Structures
Timber Pile & Dog-Bone Groins
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SYDNEY
MAKEPEACE WOOD Semi-Permeable Groin
Historical
Permeable
Groin at the
Colony
Longboat Key, FL
Examples of Permeable Groin Structures
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T-Head Groin
BE
AC
H
T-Head Groin
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Examples of T-head groins and
“pocket” beaches
(“crenulate bay” beaches)
Tybee Island, Georgia
1 YEAR POST-
CONSTRUCTION
Pre-Structures
Post-Structures
Reethi Rah, Maldives
Sandals, Nassau
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T-head groins and “pocket” beaches
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T-head groins and “pocket” beaches
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Amelia Island, Nassau Sound, FL
Terminal Structures
“Leaky” (Permeable)
Structures
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Shore-Parallel
Structures:
Nearshore
Breakwaters Pinellas County, Gulf of Mexico, FL
Amelia Island State Park,
Atlantic Ocean, FL
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Nearshore
Breakwater
BE
AC
H
BE
AC
H
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Nearshore
Breakwater
BE
AC
H
BE
AC
H
tombolo
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Offshore
Breakwater
BE
AC
H
BE
AC
H
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Submerged
Breakwater
BE
AC
H
BE
AC
H
wave (water) return flow
wave (water) return flow
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PEP Reef Installation
Vero Beach Indian River County, FL
1996
Reef Balls TM
Adapted from FDEP/BBCS
Proprietary
Structure
Modules
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NORTH
SOUTH
PEP REEF
Shoreline
Change
along
PEP Reef
Installation
1996-2000
Vero Beach
from
Stauble (2002)
ACCRETION
EROSION
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wave blockage by a submerged breakwater
Wave Height
H Wave Height
0.8 x H
An engineered structure that does not break
the water surface reduces wave height by about 20%.
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wave blockage by a submerged breakwater
Wave Height
H Wave Height
0.9 x H
An engineered structure that is one wave height below
the water surface reduces wave height by only 10%.
H
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Northern Sunny Isles Submerged Breakwaters (Miami-Dade County)
Jan 29, 2003 Mar 4, 2004
May 8, 2007 Mar 5, 2009
Unclear if recession
is downdrift effect
of structures
Unclear if shoreline
condition is related
to structures
No apparent
influence of
structures to
shoreline
Two low-crested,
submerged
breakwaters
Salient -- Not definitive
that it is related
only to structures.
Similar features are
observed along
other areas of the
coastline at this
same time.
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Applicability of structures
• Unusually high erosion rates
• Transfer erosion stress from a “hot spot” to a “cool spot”
• Protect nearshore environmental resources
• Terminus of littoral system *
• Isolated (closed) littoral location *
* Only applications with least likelihood of causing downdrift erosion.
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Fisher Island (Miami-Dade County), Florida
“Closed System”
2010
19-years post-construction
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John U. Lloyd State Park; Port Everglades (Ft. Lauderdale), Florida
Pre-Project 4-yr Post-Project
“Terminal End of System”
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Upham Beach north St. Petersburg
Pinellas County
2005
Blind Pass
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Marco Island (1996) Collier County
segmented
breakwaters
and
terminal groin
Humiston & Moore Engineers
Pre-Construction
1998
Post-Construction
2002
Naples (2000) North of Gordon Pass
Collier County
Two permeable
T-groins
and two
permeable
wood groins;
with 6000 cy fill
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St. Mary’s River Entrance
Cumberland Island, Georgia
Fort Clinch
Fernandina
Beach
Ft. Clinch State Park
Nassau County, FL
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Fort Zachary Taylor State Park Key West, Florida
c. 1990
Photo – courtesy of FDEP/DRP
and Mike Walther
Key W
est C
hannel
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March 2005
Ocean Ridge South Lake Worth Inlet
Palm Beach County
8-years post construction
(Bypassed sand is placed in
beach cells nearest inlet)
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Deerfield Beach Groin Field Broward County, Florida
• Constructed in 1960’s
• ~ 50 groins
• ~ 6,000 ft
• ~ 125-ft spacing
“Open Coast”
Deerfield Beach
Hillsboro Beach
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“Open Coast”
32ND Street - Miami Beach, FL
Protection
to Critical Area
Significant
Downdrift
Erosion
decreased transport
increased transport
change in shoreline angle
relative to waves
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Minimizing downdrift effects
Advance fill with sand
Locate project at terminal or isolated littoral cell
Do not induce offshore losses
Effects will be worse if located in zone of
accelerating alongshore transport
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Some modern
modeling
results of the
effect of
structures
along an open
coastline
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Hook G
roin
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1967 Shoreline Conditions South Hollywood/Hallandale
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Hook G
roin
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Dip
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-12
5
R-1
26
1967 Shoreline Conditions South Hollywood/Hallandale
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1967 Structures (Southern Hollywood)
accretion
erosion
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Southern Hollywood/ Hallandale
Modeled Breakwaters
(Both emergent and submerged)
R-128
R-124
R-120
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Emergent Breakwaters (Southern Hollywood)
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Submerged Breakwaters (Southern Hollywood)
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T-Head Groins (Southern Hollywood)
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Historic 1967 Groins -36,600 cy/yr
Emergent Breakwaters -46,300 cy/yr
Submerged Breakwaters -34,300 cy/yr
T-Head Groins -34,300 cy/yr
DELFT 3D MODEL RESULTS
Downdrift Erosion Effect of Modeled Structures
* Net ambient transport rate = 60,000 cy/yr (approx.)
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Small, Emergent Breakwaters (3-yr Results)
(Designed for Very Weak Salients – Mild Effect)
3-Year Net Change
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Example: Renourishment Requirements Small, Emergent Breakwaters – Mild Effect
Miami-
Dade Broward County
Erosion Problem Area
(5000-ft shoreline)
Existing
Conditions
Downdrift Beach
(3000-ft shore)
-6,400 cy/yr + -21,600 cy/yr = -28,000 cy/yr
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Example: Renourishment Requirements Small, Emergent Breakwaters – Mild Effect
Miami-
Dade Broward County
Erosion Problem Area
(5000-ft shoreline)
Existing
Conditions
Downdrift Beach
(3000-ft shore)
-6,400 cy/yr + -21,600 cy/yr = -28,000 cy/yr
With
Structures
-65,000 cy/yr
to
-24,000 cy/yr
+ 0 cy/yr = -24,000 cy/yr
45 to 65 ft erosion
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Comparing Volumes and Costs, with & without Structures
No Structures
Structures & Downdrift Recession
Structures & No Recession
Structures reduce sand requirement by
192,000 cubic yards if downdrift beach
is allowed to erode by 45 to 65 feet.
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Comparing Volumes and Costs, with & without Structures
No Structures
Structures & D’drift Recession
Structures & No Recession
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Comparing Volumes and Costs, with & without Structures
No Structures
Structures & D’drift Recession
Structures & No Recession
• 25 years to recoup costs of structures
• 4.6% savings over 40 years
(equivalent to $38K per year)
• But, it requires permanent downdrift
recession of 45-65 feet
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CONCLUSION (Wake up and Pay Attention)
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Prudent Applicability of Structures is
Highly Site Dependent
Performance and benefit of any coastal structure depends upon
the specific site conditions.
Structures are typically most effective in a closed system or at
the terminal ends of beaches (near inlets, etc.).
Structures are difficult to implement along an open coast without
adverse impacts to adjacent shorelines.
Structure fields must be advance-nourished with sand.
Structures manage available sand; they do not create sand.
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