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SILVA, Elida Regina de Melo e; MALLMANN, Daniele Laura Bridi  e  PEREIRA, Pedro de Souza. Stability assessment of Janga Beach (Paulista, PE, Brazil) using computational tool. RGCI [online]. 2015, vol.15, n.1, pp.109-120. ISSN 1646-8872.  https://doi.org/10.5894/rgci492.

Stability assessment of Janga Beach (Paulista, PE, Brazil) using computational tool This article aims to analyze the stability of the planform shape of the bays formed between the breakwaters located at Janga Beach (Paulista, Pernambuco, Brazil). On site, where erosion has intensified in the 90’s, were constructed a series of nine detached breakwaters in order to contain the process, creating a sequence of artificial bays. Thus, each bay was treated in two halves, in order to study the stability of each bay-shaped beach. Bay-shaped beaches are characterized by having a sandy shoreline bordered by rocky headlands or outcroppings of natural or artificial origin (such as breakwaters), which is modeled by processes of wave diffraction and refraction. The parabolic model allows, by means of an empirical equation determine the type of morphodynamic stability of the beaches. In order to allow the application of the parabolic model manually with the use of maps, aerial photographs, orthophotos or satellite images from which it is possible to establish the initial parameters of the model, were developed the software Mepbay. This software was used in the study area to analyze the stability of bay-shaped beaches formed by the sequence of breakwaters at Janga Beach. For this purpose, vertical images obtained free through GoogleEarth® software and its associated database were used. The selected images were applied to the model using the software and the results were compared to the results of applying empirical relationships developed to predict the response of the shoreline opposite the construction of breakwaters, based on the structure geometry and their distance from the coast. The results showed that Janga Beach can be classified as unstable for the most part, once that the shoreline configuration in several bays generated by wave diffraction of between the breakwaters has not yet reached the setting of the projection generated by the model parabolic in its entirety. Those where the beach is almost adjusted to the projection, we can say that is close to its static equilibrium. The application of the parabolic model by Mepbay software proved to be a tool for easy application and quick response that can be used to predict the adjustment of the coastline by building a coastal protection work. However, it does not do predictions about the final morphology in plan (tombolo or salience) that will develop from the diffraction suffered by the wave near the shadow of the protective zone. For this reason, an interesting alternative, which was adopted in this study is the combination of the software application using empirical relationships. The analyzes presented here, made visually, qualitative way and with few resources, we can conclude that Mepbay is potentially useful for quick studies related to the management of the shoreline.

Palavras-chave : pocket beach; breakwaters; parabolic model; salient; tombolo.

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