3D wave transmission around permeable submerged breakwaters with the use of Artificial Neural Networks

Wave transmission is a very important design parameter for submerged porous breakwater design, as it defines the dimensions of the breakwater as well as the cost and construction process. The spatial distribution of the wave transmission parameter influences the current pattern on the lee of the breakwater and therefore the sediment transport...

Process-based modelling of morphological response to submerged breakwaters

Submerged breakwaters (SBWs) are becoming increasingly popular as alternative coastal defence system due to the lack of impact on beach amenity and aesthetics compared to common emerged beach protection measures. However, the recent significant amount of failing SBWs resulting in additional shoreline erosion reported in [Ranasinghe and Turner...

Nearshore efffects of submerged breakwaters: Laboratory experiments in a wave basin 2HD numerical modeling

This master thesis is a contribution to the Dynamics of Beaches project, which is a part of the EU funded Human Capital and Mobility program (HCM). In this study, the 3D-effects of detached segmented submerged breakwaters, in the nearshore zone, primarily on the hydrodynamic processes and only secondarily on the morphodynamics, are investigated....

Effect of submerged breakwater on profile development

This study is part of a Human Capital and Mobility Project called 'Dynamics of Beaches'. This project is a co-operation of six European universities which work together in solving some unknown aspects of a submerged breakwater by means of model experiments. Several agreements about the experiments were made between the partners. These agreements...