PART V: POTENTIAL COASTAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS 



33. Although SSS has been used in a wide diversity of coastal engineer- 

 ing problems, there are many untested applications remaining to be discovered. 

 With present systems, further expansion of qualitative coastal structure 

 inspection uses can be expected, particularly in high- turbidity environments 

 with large and irregularly shaped structures . The use of unconventional 

 mountings and platforms for the transducer in port and harbor structure 

 inspections is an application likely to grow. Similarly, use of ROV s as 

 platforms has potential. A natural role for SSS is as a rapid overview tool, 

 pinpointing problem areas to be examined in detail by divers or ROV s . As 

 techniques and technology continue to improve, especially those permitting a 

 more quantitatively accurate image to be obtained (such as scanning sonars) , 

 the uses of these acoustic tools will increase in quantitative applications. 

 These applications include bottom change monitoring for modeling efforts and 

 construction related surveying. 



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