Print Email Facebook Twitter Some aspects of near shore processes near Visakhapatnam Harbour Title Some aspects of near shore processes near Visakhapatnam Harbour Author Chittibabu, P. Contributor Bijker, E.W. (mentor) Bakker, W.T. (mentor) Booy, N. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 1989-08-01 Abstract Visakhapatnam is one of the major ports along the east coast of India. An outer harbar in 1976 is constructed to accomadate large ships and to meet the requirements of the ever growing industries of Visakhapatnam. For the maintainance of the Visakhapatnam outer harbour(VOH) two breakwaters are constructed at the south and east end of the harbar. Littoral barriers such as breakwaters and harbar protection works effect the general equilibrium of the beach along the coast. Visakhapatnam is not exceptional. There is a general trend of erosion to the downdrift i.e northern side of the VOH irrespective of dredging and pumping of sand by VPT there is accretion to the south of the VOH. Coastal processes of Visakhapatnam are also influenced by the rockey outcrops existing near Lions club park, Redlight house, Waltair point and Kailasa range. The stretch of the coastline is mainly influenced by waves of mansaan winds and associated liitoral drift ,harbar protection works rockey outcrops, dredging and pumping of sand from the snd trap located on the leeside of the south breakwater by VPT. Subject VisakhapatnamIndiaPortsbreakwatererosion To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:dbda05e7-5a4b-4388-8844-da757505f75a Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 1989 Chittibabu, P. Files PDF Chittibabu1989a.pdf 11.31 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:dbda05e7-5a4b-4388-8844-da757505f75a/datastream/OBJ/view