AN OVERVIEW OF COASTAL ENGINEERING WITH EMPHASIS ON RANDOM WAVE APPROACH

摘要

A historical review is made on the development of coastal engineering from the empirical stage of harbor engineering in the old days to the present stage of sophistication. Emphasis is placed on the incorporation of random wave concept into coastal engineering, and its importance in engineering practice is discussed. Progress with regard to random wave approach in Japan is described in some detail. Present and future topics related with random wave approach are also presented.