Impacts Of SLR-upscaled Nourishment Scenarios On Decadal Cross-shore Dynamics

Projections of high rates of sea level rise have stimulated proposals for adaptation strategies with increasingly high nourishment volumes. Nourishment strategies involving higher sand volumes can be accomplished by increasing the volume of individual nourishments or by decreasing the time interval between successive nourishments. The optimal...

Using Shallow Nearshore Berm Nourishments To Enhance Beach Width

Nearshore berms or shoreface nourishments are sandy coastal interventions in which sediment is placed seaward of the land-water interface. These projects rely on natural forces to redistribute sediment in the nearshore zone and mitigate erosion, increase beach width or both. However, there is still limited knowledge on the connection between the...

Structural evaluation of multifunctional flood defenses using generic element types

A lack of appropriate guidelines for the design and assessment hampers the development of multifunctional flood defenses like parking garages in quays and houses in dikes. The aim of the present paper, therefore, is to gain insight in the structural performance of multifunctional flood defenses and to provide a tool to evaluate design...