New coastal protection technologies as an element of nature conservation

The article presents the results of monitoring the condition of coastal protection structures used in reservoirs in Belarus. The most common types of shore and slope stabilization of each type are determined for comparative analysis and economic efficiency. Based on laboratory and field studies and experiments, the possibility of using the effect of the emergence of artificial self-blind area from gravel particles is shown. A comprehensive engineering and economic assessment of various types of coastal The article presents the results of monitoring the condition of coastal protection structures protection structures operated in Belarus on a number of water bodies was carried out on the basis of the proposed empirical complex indicator – the coefficient of structural efficiency of stabilization (keff), which takes into account its condition at a certain point in time, taking into account the development of possible deformations. The control period of time, which was adopted for assessing the deformability, was 5 years from the date of commissioning of the water body. As a result of the assessment, it was established, and calculations confirm this, that the proposed new innovative technology of coastal stabilization, which is based on the effect of «self-blind area», is approximately 10 times more economical than backfilling with expensive gravel or stone.