ACES:    Automated Coastal Engineering System

Overview

The Automated Coastal Engineering System (ACES) is an integrated collection of coastal engineering design and analysis software. ACES provides a comprehensive environment for applying a broad spectrum of coastal engineering technologies. It uses the CEDAS window-oriented intutitive interface to access the underlying collection of coastal engineering design and analysis technologies, prepare various and often large input data sets, and visualize results.

Technologies in the ACES Package

 

• Windspeed Adjustment and Wave Growth

 

• Beta-Raleigh Distribution

 

• Extremal Significant Wave Height Analysis

 

• Constituent Tide Record Generation

 

• Linear Wave Theory

 

• Cnoidal Wave Theory

 

• Fourier Series Wave Theory

 

• Linear Wave Theory with Snell's Law

 

• Irregular Wave Transformation (Goda's Method)

 

• Combined Diffraction and Reflection by a Vertical Wedge

 

• Combined Diffraction and Reflection by a Vertical Wedge on a Uniform Grid

 

• Breakwater Design Using Hudson and Related Equations

 

• Toe Protection Design

 

• Nonbreaking Wave Forces at Vertical Walls

 

• Rubble-Mound Revetment Design

 

• Irregular Wave Runup on Beaches

 

• Wave Runup and Overtopping on Impermeable Structures

 

• Wave Transmission on Impermeable Structures

 

• Wave Transmission Through Permeable Structures

 

• Longshore Sediment Transport using Deep-water Conditions

 

• Longshore Sediment Transport using Breaking-wave Conditions

 

• Longshore Sediment Transport using CEDARS Statistical Data

 

• Calculation of Composite Grain-Size Distributions

 

• Beach Nourishment Overfill Ratio and Volume