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Ft. Pierce Federal Shore Protection Project: Shoreline Stabilization Design Using T-Head Groins
Completed in May 1999, the second beach renourishment of the Ft. Pierce Federal Shore Protection Project extended south approximately 1.3 miles beginning immediately south of the Ft. Pierce Inlet south jetty. Confronted with the loss of the design beach in less than two years following the 1999 project, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, tasked Taylor Engineering (2002) to conduct an engineering and least-cost analysis to improve the project performance in the northern 2,200-ft project segment between R-34 and R-36. The evaluation considered several combinations of alternatives, including reducing the renourishment interval, placing additional feeder beach fill, and/or constructing shore protection structures, to maintain the design beach until the end of the authorized life (2020). The final recommended design featured six T-head groins and a nearshore breakwater to stabilize the northernmost 2,200-ft project segment, in combination with the beach renourishment every four years along the entire project beach. This paper summarizes the design methodology with specific attention to T-head groins.
Ft. Pierce Federal Shore Protection Project: Shoreline Stabilization Design Using T-Head Groins
Completed in May 1999, the second beach renourishment of the Ft. Pierce Federal Shore Protection Project extended south approximately 1.3 miles beginning immediately south of the Ft. Pierce Inlet south jetty. Confronted with the loss of the design beach in less than two years following the 1999 project, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, tasked Taylor Engineering (2002) to conduct an engineering and least-cost analysis to improve the project performance in the northern 2,200-ft project segment between R-34 and R-36. The evaluation considered several combinations of alternatives, including reducing the renourishment interval, placing additional feeder beach fill, and/or constructing shore protection structures, to maintain the design beach until the end of the authorized life (2020). The final recommended design featured six T-head groins and a nearshore breakwater to stabilize the northernmost 2,200-ft project segment, in combination with the beach renourishment every four years along the entire project beach. This paper summarizes the design methodology with specific attention to T-head groins.
Ft. Pierce Federal Shore Protection Project: Shoreline Stabilization Design Using T-Head Groins
Goshow, Christopher K. (author) / Srinivas, Rajesh (author)
Coastal Structures 2003 ; 2003 ; Portland, Oregon, United States
Coastal Structures 2003 ; 1096-1108
2004-09-28
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Ft. Pierce Federal Shore Protection Project: Shoreline Stabilization Design Using T-Head Groins
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