Editor's Choice Collection

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Editor’s Choice Collection

For each issue of the journal, the Chief Editor may select a paper to be featured on the journal homepage in the ASCE Library. The paper is available for free to registered users for 1 to 4 months, depending on how frequently the journal is published. Below is a list of Editor’s Choice selections.

Volume 150

Issue 1 - May 2024
Spatiotemporal Scouring Processes around a Square Column on a Sloped Beach Induced by Tsunami Bores
ORCID ID iconAlexander Schendel; Stefan Schimmels; Mario Welzel; Philippe April-LeQuéré; Abdolmajid Mohammadian; ORCID ID iconClemens Krautwald; ORCID ID iconJacob Stolle; ORCID ID iconIoan Nistor, M.ASCE; and Nils Goseberg, M.ASCE
Published online: March 21, 2024

Issue 1 - January 2024
Icelandic-Type Berm Breakwater: A Nature-Based Structure with a Low Carbon Footprint
ORCID ID iconMajid Eskafi; ORCID ID iconSigurdur Sigurdarson; Bjorgvin Brynjarsson; and Kjartan Eliasson
Published online: October 17, 2023

Volume 149

Issue 5 - September 2023
A Data-Driven Approach to Hurricane Debris Modeling
Catalina González-Dueñas; Carl Bernier; and Jamie E. Padgett, M.ASCE
Published online: June 21, 2023

Issue 2 - March 2023
Motion of a Debris Line Source Under Currents and Waves: Experimental Study
ORCID ID iconGizem Ezgi Cinar; Adam Keen; and Patrick Lynett, M.ASCE
Published online: December 30, 2022

Volume 148

Issue 6 - November 2022
Nearshore Vertical Pore Pressure Gradients and Onshore Sediment Transport under Tropical Storm Forcing
ORCID ID iconMatthew Florence; ORCID ID iconNina Stark, Ph.D., M.ASCE; Britt Raubenheimer, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and ORCID ID iconSteve Elgar, Ph.D.
Published online: September 14, 2022

Issue 4 - July 2022
Experimental Study to Determine Forces Acting on Starbloc Armor Units and Velocities Occurring in a Single-Layer Rubble Mound Breakwater under Regular Waves
Iman Safari, Dr.Eng.; ORCID ID iconDominique Mouazé; François Ropert, Dr.Eng.; Sylvain Haquin, P.Eng.; and Alexander Ezersky
Published online: March 28, 2022

Issue 3 - May 2022
Vessel-Generated Wake Attenuation by Rhizophora Mangle in Key West, Florida
Tori Tomiczek, M.ASCE; Anna Wargula; Kiera O'Donnell; Victoria LaVeck; Katherine A. Castagno; and Steven Scyphers
Published online: February 07, 2022

Issue 1 - January 2022
Effects of Model Resolution and Coverage on Storm-Driven Coastal Flooding Predictions
Ajimon Thomas; ORCID ID icon J. C. Dietrich, M.ASCE; ORCID ID icon C. N. Dawson; and ORCID ID icon R. A. Luettich
Published online: November 09, 2021

Volume 147

Issue 5 – September 2021
Effects of Different Geometric Parameters of Complex Bridge Piers on Maximum Scour Depth: Experimental Study
Habibeh Ghodsi; ORCID ID icon Mohammad Najafzadeh; Mohammad Javad Khanjani; and Aliasghar Beheshti
Published online: June 11, 2021

Issue 2 – March 2021
Salinity Distribution in River Network of a Partially Mixed Estuary
ORCID ID iconA. Akter, Ph.D., M.ASCE; and A. H. Tanim, S.M.ASCE
Published online: November 25, 2020

Volume 146

Issue 4 – July 2020
Tsunami-Like Wave Forces on an Elevated Coastal Structure: Effects of Flow Shielding and Channeling
ORCID ID iconAndrew O. Winter; ORCID ID iconMohammad S. Alam, S.M.ASCE; Krishnendu Shekhar; Michael R. Motley, P.E., M.ASCE; Marc O. Eberhard; ORCID ID iconAndre R. Barbosa, A.M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconPedro Lomonaco; Pedro Arduino; and Daniel T. Cox
Published online: May 11, 2020

Issue 3 – May 2020
Spreading and Deposition of Turbidity Currents: Application to Open-Water Sediment Disposal
Jenn Wei Er; ORCID ID iconAdrian Wing-Keung Law; and E. Eric Adams, M.ASCE
Published online: March 16, 2020

Issue 2 – March 2020
Multiple Debris Impact Loads in Extreme Hydrodynamic Conditions
ORCID ID iconJacob Stolle; ORCID ID iconIoan Nistor, Ph.D., P.Eng., M.ASCE; Nils Goseberg, Dr.Eng., M.ASCE; and Emil Petriu, Ph.D.
Published online: November 30, 2019

Issue 1 – January 2020
Numerical Modeling of Flow and Bed Evolution of Bichromatic Wave Groups on an Intermediate Beach Using Nonhydrostatic XBeach
ORCID ID iconGioele Ruffini; Riccardo Briganti; José M. Alsina; Maurizio Brocchini; Nicholas Dodd; and Robert McCall
Published online: October 29, 2019

Volume 145

Issue 6 – November 2019
Foundation Scour as a Geohazard
ORCID ID iconJohn M. Harris, M.ASCE; ORCID ID iconRichard J. S. Whitehouse; ORCID ID iconNicholas S. Tavouktsoglou, A.M.ASCE; and Pedro M. Godinho
Published online: September 03, 2019

Issue 5 – September 2019
Wave-Height Dissipation and Undertow of Spilling Breakers over Beaches of Varying Slopes
ORCID ID iconAthanassios A. Dimas, Ph.D., A.M.ASCE; and Theofano I. Koutrouveli, Ph.D.
Published online: May 16, 2019

Issue 4 – July 2019
Review of Innovative Harbor Breakwaters for Wave-Energy Conversion
Diego Vicinanza, Ph.D.; Enrico Di Lauro, Ph.D.; Pasquale Contestabile, Ph.D.; Corrado Gisonni, Ph.D.; Javier L. Lara, Ph.D.; and Inigo J. Losada, M.ASCE
Published online: May 13, 2019

Issue 3 – May 2019
Spatial Impulse Wave Generation and Propagation
ORCID ID iconFrederic M. Evers; Willi H. Hager, F.ASCE; and Robert M. Boes
Published online: March 08, 2019

Issue 2 – March 2019
Semianalytical Model of Depth-Integrated Vegetal Drag Force Based on Stokes Second-Order Wave Theory
Ling Zhu, A.M.ASCE; Qin Chen, M.ASCE; Yan Ding, M.ASCE; Navid Jafari, M.ASCE; and Julie D. Rosati, M.ASCE
Published online: December 11, 2018

Issue 1 – January 2019
Physical and Numerical Modeling of Dynamic Penetration of Ship Anchor in Clay
Congcong Han; Xuejian Chen; and Jun Liu
Published online: October 15, 2018