Unravelling the sediment transport mechanisms in an artificial lagoon: Multi-modal sand transport analysis at the hard flood defence of Maasvlakte 2

The port of Rotterdam was full and new mooring locations were required to host the largest ships in the world. And if there’s no space to expand on land, why not create land in the sea? That is exactly what The Netherlands did by creating Maasvlakte 2. The construction of Maasvlakte 2 started in 2008 and was officially completed on May 22nd ,...

Impact Assessment of the Rhine ROFI on the Annual Cross-shore Sand Transport

Using D-Flow Flexible Mesh numerical software to simulate the region of freshwater influence of the Rhine in front of the Dutch coast to assess the influence of stratification on the near-bottom velocities and the related cross shore sand transport.

Seabed response to water waves

The final objective was to evaluate the stability of an offshore pipeline from a geotechnical point of view. On the Dutch part of the Continental Shelf pipelines are used for the transportation of oil and gas and utilities liRe glycol. The mean waterdepth on this part of the North Sea varies from 20-40 meters. As this region is a major fishing...