Ingénierie côtièredroite|vignette| Houle sur les digues d'Ilfracombe (UK) lors d'une tempête. La gestion du trait de côte est une branche du génie civil concernée par les exigences spécifiques posées par la construction sur ou à proximité de la côte, ainsi que par le développement de la côte elle-même. L'impact hydrodynamique des vagues, des marées, des ondes de tempête et des tsunamis et (souvent) l'environnement hostile de l'eau de mer salée sont des défis typiques pour l'ingénieur côtier - tout comme les changements de la géomorphologie littorale , causés à la fois par le développement autonome du système et les changements provoqués par l'homme.
Érosion du littoralL’érosion du littoral, appelée aussi érosion côtière, est un phénomène naturel ou anthropique qui se produit en de nombreux endroits du monde.
Well testIn hydrology, a well test is conducted to evaluate the amount of water that can be pumped from a particular water well. More specifically, a well test will allow prediction of the maximum rate at which water can be pumped from a well, and the distance that the water level in the well will fall for a given pumping rate and duration of pumping. Well testing differs from aquifer testing in that the behaviour of the well is primarily of concern in the former, while the characteristics of the aquifer (the geological formation or unit that supplies water to the well) are quantified in the latter.
Slug testIn hydrogeology, a slug test is a particular type of aquifer test where water is quickly added or removed from a groundwater well, and the change in hydraulic head is monitored through time, to determine the near-well aquifer characteristics. It is a method used by hydrogeologists and civil engineers to determine the transmissivity/hydraulic conductivity and storativity of the material the well is completed in.
MODFLOWMODFLOW is the U.S. Geological Survey modular finite-difference flow model, which is a computer code that solves the groundwater flow equation. The program is used by hydrogeologists to simulate the flow of groundwater through aquifers. The source code is free public domain software, written primarily in Fortran, and can compile and run on Microsoft Windows or Unix-like operating systems. Since its original development in the early 1980s, the USGS has made six major releases, and is now considered to be the de facto standard code for aquifer simulation.
SeawallA seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defense constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast. The purpose of a seawall is to protect areas of human habitation, conservation, and leisure activities from the action of tides, waves, or tsunamis. As a seawall is a static feature it will conflict with the dynamic nature of the coast and impede the exchange of sediment between land and sea.
