EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF GRAVITY DRAINAGE SYSTEM ON BEACH STABILIZATION

[摘要] In order to develop a new beach preservation technique which has two functions of protecting the beach in a storm and enabling utilization of beach during calm sea, we consider the system of controlling a groundwater level by burying a permeable layer under the foreshore. Since most of the components are buried underground, people on the beach do not notice the presence of the system, enabling preservation of the beach in its most natural state. The greatest challenge of the system is, however, whether installation of the permeable layer alone will fully prevent erosion. Authors therefore conducted an experiment to evaluate beach stabilization effect of the present system. The result indicates that the permeable layer buried in the sand can prevent rise in the groundwater level and the wave set-up. The critical wave height for the foreshore erosion is 1.66 times higher than that on the beach without the permeable layer.

[学科分类] 建筑学

[关键词] beach stabalization;drainage system;gravity drainage;experimental study