Caissons on permeable seabeds have been designed and constructed
for a variety of needs in coastal and offshore engineering. An evaluation of the adequacy of the foundation beneath the structure is
required for an economic and safe design. To address this requirement, a two-dimensional analytical model of the foundation response...
This report deals with the current status of four promising
sources of electrical energy generation from the oceans. They
are, in sequence;
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion: Where energy is obtained by
exploiting the temperature differences between warm surface
waters, and much deeper colder waters.
Tidal Energy: Where differences in water...
This report presents observations from a single mooring of velocity, temperature, conductivity, and pressure, made as part of the Ocean Storms experiment, conducted in the N.E. Pacific Ocean (47° 25.4' N, 139° 17.8' W) from August 1987 to June 1988. The mooring contained a total of 14 current meters, 4...
Caissons are frequently used in the coastal environment for
breakwaters, jetties, seawalls, and piers. Because a satisfactory
analytical solution to a typical caisson installation has not been
developed, design of a caisson-style structure typically is either
based on physical model testing, which is expensive, or the
structure is designed as...
Sea-cliff erosion is a significant problem along the Oregon coast in that many
communities have been built on terraces affected by bluff retreat. There is considerable
coast-wide variability in the rates of cliff erosion. This variability is attributed in part to
tectonic activity that is causing differential interseismic uplift along...
This report documents oceanographic and meteorological measurements made from instruments deployed on four moorings over the continental shelf west of Oregon, from spring through
summer, 1999. These moorings were a component of an observational and numerical modeling program to study the response of the coastal ocean to wind forcing.
The...