Figure 27. Sand is removed from a temporary storage area, located in the
updrift, offshore corner of the facility. This compartment will hold 5 to
3
10 m of sand. If necessary, sand can be pumped from the sediment
traps directly into this storage area during the dredging process.
However, during a typical experiment, the sand in the traps is
pumped directly onto the updrift end of the beach
Figure 28. Prior to each experiment, the facility is drained, and a four-wheel drive
tractor, with a front-end loader and a rear boxblade, is used to grade
the sand beach to the desired beach profile shape
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Chapter 5
Beach Morphology Control
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