Asset management of water-related infrastructure

This report identifies the need of the developing world for introducing asset management plans as a key condition for financing infrastructure investments. It highlights the lessons learned of the management of the Dutch water-related infrastructure and provides recommendations on the application of the Dutch experience and expertise in projects...

Vulnerability of coastal areas to sea-level rise: Some global results

Assessment of the vulnerability of the various resources of the world's coastal zones to an acceleration of sea-level rise (ASLR) and related climate change effects requires detailed global information on the distribution, density and state of the resources and on the impacting hazardous events. For many resources, such as ecosystems for...

Extreme waves and wave loading in shallow water

As an alternative to a more or less standard derivation procedure for design wave heights in relatively shallow water, two improvements of the procedure are suggested which lead to less conservative results. These improvements are based on observations of shallow water effects on both the decay of total wave energy density and on the extreme...

A model for cross-shore sediment transport

Sediment transport in rivers - report on experimental and theoretical investigations

I: Flow of water in a curved open channel with a fixed plane bed II: Flow of water in a curved open channel with a fixed uneven bed III: Accuracy of measurements in a curved open channel In this report the flow of water in a curved open channel, which consists of a38 m long straight section followed by a 90° bend with a radius of 50 m (see...

Stability formula for breakwaters armoured with Accropode

Delft Hydraulics has performed an extensive investigation on the stability of rubble mound revetments and breakwaters under random wave attack. Two stability formulae have been derived which describe the stability of rock slopes as a function of wave height, wave period, slope angle, storm duration, permeability and damage level. The complete...