Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Modeling alternatives for erosion control at Matagorda County, Texas, with Gencade

Frey, Ashley E. ; Rosati, James ; Connell, Kenneth J. ; Hanson, Hans LU and Larson, Magnus LU (2012) 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2012
Abstract
Matagorda Peninsula and Sargent Beach, Texas, USA, have experienced some of the highest rates of erosion along the Texas coast. In order to increase protection from tropical events and slow beach habitat erosion, several structural alternatives were studied. These alternatives were modeled with GenCade, a newly developed 1D shoreline change and sand transport model. GenCade was calibrated and validated over the 60 miles of shoreline in Matagorda County. Then separate GenCade grids and simulations were conducted for the structural alternatives at Matagorda Peninsula and Sargent Beach. At Matagorda Peninsula, different groin lengths and spacing between groins were modeled with and without beach fills and mechanical bypassing. The... (More)
Matagorda Peninsula and Sargent Beach, Texas, USA, have experienced some of the highest rates of erosion along the Texas coast. In order to increase protection from tropical events and slow beach habitat erosion, several structural alternatives were studied. These alternatives were modeled with GenCade, a newly developed 1D shoreline change and sand transport model. GenCade was calibrated and validated over the 60 miles of shoreline in Matagorda County. Then separate GenCade grids and simulations were conducted for the structural alternatives at Matagorda Peninsula and Sargent Beach. At Matagorda Peninsula, different groin lengths and spacing between groins were modeled with and without beach fills and mechanical bypassing. The alternatives at Sargent Beach included detached breakwaters, groins, and beach fills. Although the process described in this paper only includes a small part of a more detailed study, these simulations helped lead to a recommendation of the selected alternatives for preliminary engineering design. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
; ; ; and
organization
publishing date
type
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Gencade, Matagorda County, Numerical modeling, Sand transport, Shoreline change
host publication
Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference : 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2012 - 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2012
publisher
Coastal Engineering Research Council
conference name
33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2012
conference location
Santander, Spain
conference dates
2012-07-01 - 2012-07-06
external identifiers
  • scopus:84884945599
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
3a9f9c05-2197-41c2-8167-20c1b8f94bca
alternative location
https://journals.tdl.org/icce/index.php/icce/article/view/6717
date added to LUP
2019-01-30 15:14:55
date last changed
2022-01-31 17:11:25
@inproceedings{3a9f9c05-2197-41c2-8167-20c1b8f94bca,
  abstract     = {{Matagorda Peninsula and Sargent Beach, Texas, USA, have experienced some of the highest rates of erosion along the Texas coast. In order to increase protection from tropical events and slow beach habitat erosion, several structural alternatives were studied. These alternatives were modeled with GenCade, a newly developed 1D shoreline change and sand transport model. GenCade was calibrated and validated over the 60 miles of shoreline in Matagorda County. Then separate GenCade grids and simulations were conducted for the structural alternatives at Matagorda Peninsula and Sargent Beach. At Matagorda Peninsula, different groin lengths and spacing between groins were modeled with and without beach fills and mechanical bypassing. The alternatives at Sargent Beach included detached breakwaters, groins, and beach fills. Although the process described in this paper only includes a small part of a more detailed study, these simulations helped lead to a recommendation of the selected alternatives for preliminary engineering design.}},
  author       = {{Frey, Ashley E. and Rosati, James and Connell, Kenneth J. and Hanson, Hans and Larson, Magnus}},
  booktitle    = {{Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference : 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2012}},
  keywords     = {{Gencade; Matagorda County; Numerical modeling; Sand transport; Shoreline change}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{12}},
  publisher    = {{Coastal Engineering Research Council}},
  title        = {{Modeling alternatives for erosion control at Matagorda County, Texas, with Gencade}},
  url          = {{https://journals.tdl.org/icce/index.php/icce/article/view/6717}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}