Coastal Structures: Types, Functions And Applications

Coastal Structures: Types, Functions And Applications Coastal Structures: Types, Functions And Applications

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Nearshore Breakwaters Maumee Bay State Park Lake Erie 42

Groins • Purpose is to reduce beach erosion, or terminate a beach fill • Function by trapping or slowing down longshore transport. • Generally perpendicular to shoreline • Designed to both hold back sand and allow transport, to reduce downdrift impacts 43

Groins<br />

• Purpose is to reduce beach erosion, or terminate a beach fill<br />

• Function by trapping or slowing down longshore transport.<br />

• Generally perpendicular to shoreline<br />

• Designed to both hold back sand and allow transport, to reduce<br />

downdrift impacts<br />

43

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