Shore Effect Model, Atlantic Generating Station; Hydraulic Model Investigation.

• Main Authors: Carver,Robert D., Davidson,D. Donald, Whalin,Robert W., Barwis,John H.
• Other Authors: ARMY ENGINEER WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION VICKSBURG MISS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: Physical and Dynamic Oceanography; Nuclear Power Plants and Fission Reactor Eng; *Shores; *Hydraulic models; *Breakwaters; *Ocean waves; Sediment transport; Ocean currents; Nuclear power plants; Offshore; Refraction; Directional; Ocean tides; Geomorphology; Experimental data; New Jersey; Inlets(Waterways); North Atlantic Ocean; Breakwater; The Breakwater; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA017793; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA017793

A distorted-scale hydraulic model investigation was performed to determine the potential effect, if any, of a proposed offshore nuclear power plant on shoreline evolution. Model measurements of current patterns with and without the breakwater were directly compared and measurements of breaking wave characteristics (height, depth, and angle to shoreline) with and without the breakwater were used to calculate and compare longshore transport rates in the potentially affected areas. It was concluded that the proposed construction would have a negligible effect on future shoreline evolution. (Author)