Hydrodynamic Forces and Evolution of a Nearshore Berm at South Padre Island, Texas

Authors

James A. Aidala, US Army Corps of Engineers
Cheryl E. Burke, US Army Corps of Engineers
T. Neil McLellan, US Army Corps of Engineers

Date of this Version

1992

Comments

Published in Hydraulic Engineering: Saving a Threatened Resource—In Search of Solutions: Proceedings of the Hydraulic Engineering sessions at Water Forum ’92. Baltimore, Maryland, August 2–6, 1992. Published by American Society of Civil Engineers.

Abstract

The evolution of a nearshore feeder berm was correlated to the hydrodynamic forces acting on it for periods of time during which bathymetric and hydrodynamic data sets were available. The evolution of the berm was described in the context of movement and erosion based on wave orbital velocity and bottom current. The berm was constructed and placed offshore at South Padre Island, Texas.