Shoreline response to detached breakwaters in prototype

An accurate prediction of shoreline changes behind detached breakwaters is, in regard to the adjustment to the environmental impact, still a challenge for designers and coastal managers. This research is expected to fill the gaps in the estimation of shoreline changes by developing new and generalized relationships of the shoreline changes to...

Evaluation of Negombo offshore breakwater scheme

This brief report deals with both the pre and post implementation of the Negombo offshore breakwater scheme in west coast of Sri Lanka and is published with the collaboration of Ministry of Public works (Rijkswaterstaat), Netherlands and Lanka Hydraulic Institute, Sri Lanka, as a partial fulfilment of a MSc study carried out at International...

Influence of offshore breakwaters on coastal sediment transport rates and coastline morphology

Offshore breakwaters have been used in many coastal areas for coastal protection with greater or lesser success. However to date these have not been used along the Dutch coast for this purpose. This is probably due to the absence of accurate design tools for their functional design, coupled with the uncertainty of whether this method of coastal...