Singer
Island, Florida
Coastal Systems International, Inc. conducted
a study of shoreline morphology in the vicinity of Singer
Island. The predicted shoreline associated with previously
proposed shoreline stabilization structures along Singer
Island was reconfirmed using the Danish Hydraulic Institute’s
(DHI) LITPACK and MIKE 21 numerical models. The model
was calibrated against past shoreline trends in the region,
and was applied to evaluate alternatives for shoreline
stabilization.
The numerical modeling software was uniquely customized
to simulate the outcropping of hard-bottom along the
shoreline. Past efforts to study the area had concluded
that hard-bottom ridges had a strong influence with
shoreline behavior in the region. Coastal Systems collaborated
with DHI both remotely and in-house to enhance the software
to model this condition unique to Florida’s Atlantic
coast. A coastal engineering report was prepaired with
the modeling results and recomendadtions.
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