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Coastal Engineering: Sustainability and New Technologies, 2nd Edition
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Coastal Engineering: Sustainability and New Technologies, 2nd Edition

A special issue of Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (ISSN 2077-1312). This special issue belongs to the section "Coastal Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2024 | Viewed by 4207

Special Issue Editors

Dr. M. Dolores Esteban

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1. Environment, Coast and Ocean Research Laboratory (ECOREL-UPM), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
2. Department of Civil Engineering, European University of Madrid, 28670 Madrid, Spain
Interests: marine renewable energy; offshore wind; wave energy; maritime engineering; coastal engineering; offshore engineering
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Dr. José-Santos López-Gutiérrez

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Departamento Ingeniería Civil: Hidráulica, Energía y Medio Ambiente, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), CP 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: marine renewable energy; offshore wind; wave energy; maritime engineering; coastal engineering; offshore engineering
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Dr. Vicente Negro

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Dept. Ingeniería Civil: Hidráulica, Energía y Medio Ambiente, C/ Profesor Aranguren, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), CP 28040, Madrid, Spain
Interests: marine renewable energy; offshore wind; wave energy; maritime engineering; coastal engineering; offshore engineering
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Dr. Maria Graça Neves

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CERIS, Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA, Campus de Caparica, Caparica, 2829-516, Portugal
Interests: maritime engineering; coastal engineering; maritime structures; ports and harbors
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This is the second edition of the Special Issue titled “Coastal Engineering: Sustainability and New Technologies”, in which similar topics are covered.

Coastal engineering is a discipline in continuous evolution, where it is essential to seek a balance between the natural character of the coastal zone and the integration of human activities in that space, to a greater or lesser extent.

The present Special Issue aims to gather scientific articles dealing with any aspect of coastal engineering related to the sustainability or use of new technologies. All papers can be focused on the past, the present, or what is expected in the future (short, medium, and long term). Papers must in some way discuss concepts related to sustainability or the use of new technologies.

Topics that are welcome in the Special Issue are environmental aspects related to maritime works (coastal, port, and offshore activities), coastal evolution, climate change, sea level rise and its influence on the design, construction, and/or maintenance of maritime infrastructures, sustainability aspects in the sea, marine renewable energies including offshore wind, and novel aspects such as the use of new materials, the calculation of the carbon footprint, the use of neural networks, the use of BIM, etc.

This list is an example of the topics that are intended to be covered in the Special Issue, where innovative papers on coastal engineering are welcomed.

Dr. M. Dolores Esteban
Dr. José-Santos López-Gutiérrez
Dr. Vicente Negro
Dr. Maria Graça Neves
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • environmental aspects
  • coastal engineering
  • maritime engineering
  • offshore engineering
  • sustainability
  • offshore wind
  • marine renewable energies
  • new materials
  • carbon footprint
  • big data, artificial intelligence, and BIM

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Optimizing Infragravity Wave Attenuation to Improve Coral Reef Restoration Design for Coastal Defense
by Benjamin K. Norris, Curt D. Storlazzi, Andrew W. M. Pomeroy and Borja G. Reguero
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2024, 12(5), 768; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse12050768 - 01 May 2024
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Coral reefs are effective natural flood barriers that protect adjacent coastal communities. As the need to adapt to rising sea levels, storms, and environmental changes increases, reef restoration may be one of the best tools available to mitigate coastal flooding along tropical coastlines, [...] Read more.
Coral reefs are effective natural flood barriers that protect adjacent coastal communities. As the need to adapt to rising sea levels, storms, and environmental changes increases, reef restoration may be one of the best tools available to mitigate coastal flooding along tropical coastlines, now and in the future. Reefs act as a barrier to incoming short-wave energy but can amplify low-frequency infragravity waves that, in turn, drive coastal flooding along low-lying tropical coastlines. Here, we investigate whether the spacing of reef restoration elements can be optimized to maximize infragravity wave energy dissipation while minimizing the number of elements—a key factor in the cost of a restoration project. With this goal, we model the hydrodynamics of infragravity wave dissipation over a coral restoration or artificial reef, represented by a canopy of idealized hemispherical roughness elements, using a three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations solver (OpenFOAM). The results demonstrate that denser canopies of restoration elements produce greater wave dissipation under larger waves with longer periods. Wave dissipation is also frequency-dependent: dense canopies remove wave energy at the predominant wave frequency, whereas sparse canopies remove energy at higher frequencies, and hence are less efficient. We also identify an inflection point in the canopy density–energy dissipation curve that balances optimal energy losses with a minimum number of canopy elements. Through this work, we show that there are an ideal number of restoration elements per across-shore meter of coral reef flat that can be installed to dissipate infragravity wave energy for given incident heights and periods. These results have implications for designing coral reef restoration projects on reef flats that are effective both from a coastal defense and costing standpoint. Full article
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On the Stability of Rubble Mound Structures under Oblique Wave Attack
by Meysam Bali, Amir Etemad-Shahidi and Marcel R. A. van Gent
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(7), 1261; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11071261 - 21 Jun 2023
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Slope stability formulae for rubble mound structures are usually developed for head-on conditions. Often, the effects of oblique waves are neglected, mainly because it is assumed that for oblique wave attack, the reduction in damage compared to perpendicular wave attack is insignificant. When [...] Read more.
Slope stability formulae for rubble mound structures are usually developed for head-on conditions. Often, the effects of oblique waves are neglected, mainly because it is assumed that for oblique wave attack, the reduction in damage compared to perpendicular wave attack is insignificant. When the incident waves are oblique, the required armour size can be reduced compared to the perpendicular wave attack case. Therefore, it is important to consider the wave obliquity influence on slope stability formulae as a reduction factor. One of the most recent formulae for estimating the stability of rock-armoured slopes, referred to as Etemad-Shahidi et al. (2020), was proposed for perpendicular wave attack. The aim of this study is to develop a suitable wave obliquity reduction factor for the above-mentioned stability formula. To achieve this, first, laboratory experiment datasets from existing reliable studies were selected and analysed. Then, previously suggested reduction factors were evaluated and a suitable reduction factor for the mentioned stability formula were suggested. The suggested reduction factor includes the effect of wave obliquity and directional spreading explicitly. It is shown that the stability prediction is improved by using the wave obliquity reduction factor. Full article
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Optimizing Smart Energy Infrastructure in Smart Ports: A Systematic Scoping Review of Carbon Footprint Reduction
by Seyed Behbood Issa Zadeh, Maria Dolores Esteban Perez, José-Santos López-Gutiérrez and Gonzalo Fernández-Sánchez
J. Mar. Sci. Eng. 2023, 11(10), 1921; https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse11101921 - 05 Oct 2023
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To lessen the environmental impact of the maritime industry, ports must decarbonize in conformity with various standards such as the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this regard, they must demonstrate integrated low-emission energy production, distribution, and supply, as [...] Read more.
To lessen the environmental impact of the maritime industry, ports must decarbonize in conformity with various standards such as the European Green Deal and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this regard, they must demonstrate integrated low-emission energy production, distribution, and supply, as well as sustainable alternative infrastructure for refueling ships, cargo handling equipment, and other vehicles inside port boundaries. To address this issue, ports must progress toward smartening their operations. This requires intelligent infrastructure and components, with smart energy infrastructure being one of the most crucial ones. It is a part of port energy management systems (EMSs) and works based on modern technology to balance energy demand, distributions, and supply while transitioning to renewable energies. This study investigates the “scoping review” of “smart energy infrastructure” deployment and its efficiency in seaport EMSs to reduce the port’s carbon footprint (C.F). The “Introduction” section discusses the subject’s significance. The “Materials and Methods” section explains the process of selecting and revising references and relevant material. The “Findings” section then examines the several aspects and sections of a smart port and smart energy infrastructure, as well as how they function. The “Discussion” section explains the interpretation based on the present situation. Finally, the “Conclusion” part gives scientific thoughts and comments on the work-study debate and ideas for future research in the same field to help port authorities achieve sustainability. Full article
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