Wave climate reduction for medium term process based morphodynamic simulations: With application to the Durban coast

In this thesis 6 wave climate reduction methods are described and evaluated. Of these methods, 3 are commonly used in literature and 3 are machine learning methods that are adjusted so that they can be used for the reduction of a wave climate. The evaluation is executed with the use of a Delft3D model of the coast of Durban, South Africa.

Physics of Blown Sand and Coastal Dunes

Short course on dynamics of sand beaches

-short course given at the20th ICCE 1986 in Taipeh: Mitisuyasu – Breaking waves and their roles in the ocean Bretschneider – On Hurricane model Bijker – Movable bed models for coastal problems Christensen – Hydraulic model Swart - Prediction of beach changes and equilibrium profiles Dean – Littoral transport budget Chiu – Coastal sediment survey...