Physical Modelling of 3D-Printed Artificial Reefs with Complex Shapes in the Wave Flume

Coral reefs are considered to be a crucial ecosystem and form of natural coastal protection. They owe their effectiveness to their high structural complexity. This complexity, which positively influences aspects like species richness, coral recovery, live coral cover, and coastal protection, is often quantified using parameters such as porosity...

Wave Transmission over Artificial Reefs: A Physical Model Study

In this research, the influence of the permeability and the porosity of artificial reefs on wave transmission and the sheltered habitat of marine life is investigated. A physical model is used to find the answer to this question. <br/>The main finding of this research is that a hollow, perforated structure can act both as an artificial reef that...

Homogeneous detached composite breakwater: CFD study of the design sensitivities in the 2D geometrical layout using a detached homogeneous low-crested structure to reduce sea wall overtopping

In this research OpenFOAM is used to model and determine the complex hydrodynamic behaviour of a Homogeneous low-crested structure (HLCS) consisting of cubipod artificial concrete elements. The validated model is used to gain insight in the design sensitivities of a two dimensional cross sectional layout to reduce sea wall overtopping. HLCS and...

Simulating the transition between two media in the Shive wave machine

In this research, a Shive wave machine is used to study (a) the velocity of waves<br/>throughout different media and (b) the transition of waves between two different<br/>media. The Shive wave machine used in this research consists of 32 parallel<br/>aluminum bars attached perpendicularly to three parallel central wires. When<br/>a perturbation...

3D wave transmission around permeable submerged breakwaters with the use of Artificial Neural Networks

Wave transmission is a very important design parameter for submerged porous breakwater design, as it defines the dimensions of the breakwater as well as the cost and construction process. The spatial distribution of the wave transmission parameter influences the current pattern on the lee of the breakwater and therefore the sediment transport...

Effectiveness of Floating Breakwaters: Wave attenuating floating structures

From previous engineering projects it turned out that it is difficult to determine the transmitted wave height of floating breakwaters without performing physical models or using numerical models. In this thesis it is investigated which steps should be taken during the preliminary design process in order to predict the effectiveness (wave...

Morphological impact of a deep water reef

For local protection of coastal stretches where buildings are situated in or form part of the coastal defense line the deep water reef concept has been developed. Two reef concepts were designed; a shore-parallel breakwater (of 3 km length) and a segmented breakwater (three blinds of 1 km length), both located in 10 m water depth at 1.5 km off...

Oblique wave transmission through rough impermeable rubble mound submerged breakwaters

Low crested structures are primarily designed as a coastal defence mechanism, making the prediction of the energy in the lee of the structure of utmost importance. As wave transmission is a measure for the energy that passes the breakwater, experiments on oblique wave transmission have previously been performed by the European project DELOS ...

Effect of submerged breakwater on profile development

This study is part of a Human Capital and Mobility Project called 'Dynamics of Beaches'. This project is a co-operation of six European universities which work together in solving some unknown aspects of a submerged breakwater by means of model experiments. Several agreements about the experiments were made between the partners. These agreements...

Landreclamation Shanghai Province

At the Cao Jing district in Shanghai, China, a landreclamation project is planned. The object of this project is to stimulate the natural process of sedimentation. This report comprises the results of a study concerning the optimum lay-out of dikes in the reclamation-area (see Fig. 0.1 and 0.2). In this report particularly the influence of the...