PIANC Open Teaching Material



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Terminology of a rocky coast with shingle beach (fig 11 from "European Coasts")
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Terminology of a mud coast (fig 14 from "European Coasts")
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The island of Skye, Scotland, is separated from the mainland by the sound of Sleat formed by glaciers during the Ice Age, UK, fig 18 from "European Coasts"
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Sandy pocket beach at Santa Teresa, Gallura, Sardinia, Italy (fig. 25 from "European Coasts")
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Tidal forces and the equilibrium tide (fig. 32 of European Coasts)
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Definition of a sinusoidal wave (fig. 38 from European Coasts)
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The distribution of a measured irregular wave field (fig 39 of European Coasts)
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Typoes of breaking waves (fig. 42 from European Coasts)
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Wave refraction pattern. The wave crests start by approaching the coast obliquely but end up essentially parallel to the coast (fig. 45 from European Coasts)
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Record of the waterlevel at Vlissingen (Flushing, the Netherlands) during the 1953 storm surge (fig. 48 from European Coasts)
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Erosion of a beach profile during a storm surge (fig. 49 from European Coasts)
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Position of the coastline due to storm surges. Study of the position of the coastline can help to estimate the preservation distance (=R) which will be exceeded only with a chosen frequency (fig. 50 from European Coasts)
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The undertow which plays a role in cross-shore transport (fig. 51 from European Coasts)
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The veloctity profile of the wave driven longshore current (fig. 53 from European Coasts)
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Raising operation around one of the Ekofisk platform legs (fig 66 from European Coasts, Hydraudyne, Boxtel)
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Shoreline rates of change along the Ebro delta (fig. 132 from European Coasts)
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Spilling breakers at the beach of Zanvoort, the Netherlands (fig. 43 from "European Coasts"



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