Proceedings of the 53rd Meeting of the Coastal Engineering Research Board Held in Fort Lauderdale/Dania, Florida on 5-7 June 1990.

摘要

These proceedings provide summaries of the papers presented at the semiannual meeting of the Coastal Engineering Research Board (CERB). Also included are discussions of CERB business, recommendations for research and development by CERB members and public comment. The Beach Erosion Board (BEB), forerunner of the CERB, was formed by the Corps in 1930 to study beach erosion problems. The BEB was dissolved and the CERB was established the as an advisory board to the Corps and designating a new organization, the Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC), as the research arm of the Corps. The CERB functions to review programs relating to coastal engineering research and development and to recommend areas for particular emphasis or suggest new topics for study. Presentations during the 53rd CERB meeting dealt with coastal inlets.