- Tenth International Symposium "Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques"
- Edited by Laura Bonora, Marcantonio Catelani, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Adaptation of the coastal protection system at Marina di Pisa, to extreme sea conditions: experimental analysis of the submerged breakwater and gravel beach
- Amanda Zannella
- Andrea Esposito
- Irene Simonetti
- Lorenzo Cappietti
- © 2024 Author(s) |
- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.90
The coast of Marina di Pisa has been subjected to strong erosion for decades. The current protective system comprises a large rubble-mound seawall, 6 emerged rubble-mound breakwaters, and 4 cells made up of a submerged breakwater and an artificial gravel beach framed by two groynes at the extremities. One of these cells experiences large amounts of water and gravel overtop onto the promenade and its two main components are studied through three design parameters: gravel nourishment width, gravel nourishment height, and width of the submerged breakwater crest. Fifteen configurations based on the design parameters were experimentally tested under the same wave motion and sea level. Three main outputs were analyzed: gravel overtopping, water overtopping, and final equilibrium profile which included the height and distance from the promenade of the crest formed due to wave action. The results also showed that an optimization between the increase in gravel nourishment width and breakwater width must be found as a large increase in one minimizes the effectiveness of the other. Additional observations on the amount of gravel added and the classification of gravel beaches are also made.
- Keywords:
- Submerged Breakwater,
- Gravel Beaches,
- Marina di Pisa,
- Experimental Modelling,
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0009-0008-6057-5523
AM3 Spin-off s.r.l., Italy
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-9263-0688
University of Florence, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-3957-5763
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Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Adaptation of the coastal protection system at Marina di Pisa, to extreme sea conditions: experimental analysis of the submerged breakwater and gravel beach
Authors
Amanda Zannella, Andrea Esposito, Irene Simonetti, Lorenzo Cappietti
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6.90
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Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Book Title
Tenth International Symposium "Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques"
Book Subtitle
Livorno (Italy) 11th-13th June 2024
Editors
Laura Bonora, Marcantonio Catelani, Matteo De Vincenzi, Giorgio Matteucci
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
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10.36253/979-12-215-0556-6
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Monitoring of Mediterranean Coastal Areas: Problems and Measurement Techniques
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2975-0288