Boundary Conditions for a Seiche model

The Storm Surge Barrier in the New Waterway was built to protect the city and port of Rotterdam and the area of the lower Rhine against flooding during extreme conditions. This construction, consisting of two gigantic arc shaped barriers, is to be pivoted into the New Waterway and then lowered in case of an impeding emergency. The arc shape...

Long wave generation and behavior on a plane sloping beach

This thesis studies the relation between short wave groups and long wave motion in the shore-normal case on a uniformly sloping bottom. The short wave groups can be described through two time scales; the time scale of the individual waves and the time scale of the groups. The energy of the individual waves is dissipated through wave breaking and...

Equilibrium bays

This study contributes to the MaST-lil project SASME in which amongst others the influence of bay shapes on hydraulic and morphological processes has been investigated. Numerical models can nowadays simulate the far field impact of coastal structures. With the help of numerical models predictions can be made about the consequence of new coastal...

Study of the swell conditions affecting the moored ships in Coega Harbour (Cape Town,South Africa), and proposal for improving the infrastructures.

Predicting Coastal Hazards with a Bayesian Network

Recent and historic events have demonstrated the European vulnerability to coastal floods. Larger and more extreme events in Asia and the Americas have shown the devastating effects that these low-frequency high-impact floods can have. This thesis contributes to the development of an Early Warning System (EWS) for marine coastal hazards. The...

Design method for multi-functional artificial reefs in a coastal environment

Natural reefs are important habitats for a wide range of species. Furthermore, they attenuate waves and thereby protect the leeside, functioning as coastal protection. Many reefs are however eroding or degraded, leading to a loss of these ecosystem services. Artificial reefs can reverse this negative trend. The artificial reefs in this context...