Wave channel experiment, final form

Laboratory experiments to provide calibration data for numerical and empirical models of flow, morphodynamics, functionality and sustainability of low crested structures. Output of the tests are flow velocities and drag forces. This document describes the set-up of the tests.

Delos final report

Summary of all results of the Delos (Environmental design of low crested structures) project. Objectives of Delos were (1) to provide an inventory of Low Crested Structures (LCS), (2) analyse LCS hydrodynamic an stability and their effects on morphology (3) investigate impacts of LCS (4) develop methodology for Integrated Coastal Zone Management...

Wave action on rubble mound breakwaters: The problem of scale effects

The present report, produced within the framework of the EU funded project DELOS, attempts to recognise and analyse main scale effects in the physical modeHing of rubble mound breakwaters used in offshore and coastal engineering. Scale effects appear in physical modeHing because the ratios between the farces of interest, as present in prototype,...

Structural design report for LCS (low crested structures): Final report

This report presents additional information and new formulae not included in Delos report D22. Existing formulae for the design of LCS's for coast protection structures can be found in D22 and are therefore not repeated in this report.

Economic and social valuation about European Coastal Sites

Economic evalulation of the recreational beaches at Lido di Dante, Trieste, Ostia and Pellestrina Island. Assessment of option value and non-use values at Venice and Normerven (Netherlands). Prefence of different structures and beach materials, case of Lido di Dante, Ostia and Pellestrina Island.

Established contribution of breakwaters to regional biodiversity

Case study along the Adriatic sea to investigate biodiversity.

Wave basin experiment Delos

Low-Crested stmctures (LCS's) are typically built in shallow water as detached breakwaters for coastal protection purposes. The structures are usually parallel to the shoreline with wave attack almost perpendicular to the structure. However under special enviromnental conditions more oblique waves can occur. Groin systems or breakwaters for...

Extracting a benefit transfer function from CV studies (Contigent Valuation Studies)

In the desctiption of the work, it was stated that a review of recent Contingent Valuation Studies on Beach Maintenance and protection of Natural Habitats in coastal zones would be done and that a statistical analysis would be performed to extract a Benefit Transfer Function from existing CV studies. This report is organised as follows. In the...

Effects of breakwater design on soft-bottom habitat complexity

Evaluation of a Low Crested Structure at Cubelles in Spain. Elmer (UK), Lido di Dante (Italy) + discussion

Relationship between breakwater spatial arrangement and large-scale species distribution

Cluster analysis of 30 species of invertebrates in the neighbourhood of breakwaters.