Enhancing submerged coastal constructions by incorporating multifunctional purposes |
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Authors: | José S Antunes do Carmo Mechteld ten Voorde Maria G Neves |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Civil Engineering, IMAR-Institute of Marine Research, University of Coimbra, FCTUC—Polo II of the University, 3030-788 Coimbra, Portugal;(2) NPE/DHA, National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, Av. do Brasil, no. 101, 1700-066 Lisbon, Portugal |
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Abstract: | Surfing has becoming more and more attractive in the past few decades, constituting nowadays an important source of revenue
for many countries with extensive coastlines. For this purpose and also for environmental reasons, the conventional ways of
protecting a coastline appear to entail some disadvantages. An innovative and interesting way of improving surfing capacities
and contributing to protect a local coastal zone is by means of multifunctional artificial reefs. A multifunctional artificial
reef (MFAR) is a submerged structure that serves several purposes; in particular, it may enhance the surfing possibilities
and the environmental value of the local area. This structure has some promising new aspects, too: first, it provides an unimpaired
visual amenity; second, it offers tourist and economic benefits by improving the surfing conditions; third, it can enhance
the environmental value of the area where it is built, and fourth, if designed properly, the down drift erosion can be minimal.
An appropriate reef design in terms of ‘surfability’, i.e. the possibility to surf a wave, for the Leirosa beach, located
to the south of Figueira da Foz, midway along Portugal’s West Atlantic coast, has been investigated. In order to achieve the
best design several steps were conducted. First, the performance of the Boussinesq-type COULWAVE model is tested with experimental
data. Next, this numerical model is used to define the best values for three design parameters: reef angle; geometry of the
reef (without or with a platform), and horizontal dimensions for the appropriate geometry. A preliminary design was achieved
step by step, making use of the theory and of the state of the art of multifunctional reefs. This reef geometry is used in
the numerical study. In terms of ‘surfability’ and for the conditions of the local coastline of Leirosa, the following values
were found for the main parameters: a reef angle of 66°; a structure height of 3.20 m; a reef geometry composed of a delta
without a platform; a reef submergence of 1.50 m, and a structure seaward slope of 1:10. |
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