The aim of this review series is to present critical  commentaries on knowledge in the field of coastal and ocean  engineering. Each article will review and illuminate the development  of the scientific understanding of a specific engineering  topic. Critical reviews on engineering designs and practices in  different countries will also be included. The first volume of the  review series is a collection of five papers reviewing a wide range of  research topics in coastal engineering.    The first paper, written by Yeh, discusses one of the fundamental  issues concerning many fluid flow problems, namely, free surface  boundary conditions. In the second paper, a survey on another boundary  dynamics, the seafloor dynamics is presented. Foda reviews recent  studies on the nonlinear wave energy transfer into the seabed and  different modes of wave-induced sediment fluidization processes in  cohesive as well as in noncohesive seabeds. Several issues concerning  the interactions between sediment deposit and marine structures, such  as pipeline and breakwater, are also briefly reviewed. One of the  active research areas in modeling wave propagation is the construction  of a unified model which is valid from deep water to shallow  water. Liu discusses several existing models. The sediment movement in  the surf zone is a complex system. It can usually be decomposed into  the longshore and the cross-shore components. Dean focused his  discussion on the cross-shore sediment transport process. In the last  paper, van der Meer presents a comprehensive review of the design  consideration for a rubble mound breakwater. Both hydraulic and  structural responses are discussed. Design formulas and graphs are  presented, which can be used for a conceptual design of rubble mount  breakwater.

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