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USE OF SEGMENTED OFFSHORE BREAKWATERS
FOR BEACH EROSION CONTROL
PURPOSE:
To provide information on the functional application of and general
design considerations for using offshore breakwaters to control beach erosion.
This note also presents a brief description of the U. S. Army Engineer Dis-
trict, Buffalo, offshore breakwater projects on Lake Erie (Figure 1).
GENERAL:
Offshore breakwaters function by locally reducing the amount of
nearshore wave energy thereby creating a "shadow zone" where longshore
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Figure 1.
Location of Buffalo District Offshore Breakwater Projects
U.
S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, Coastal Engineering Research Center
P. 0. Box 631, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180