Possible integrated coastal interventions in Playa Unión and Puerto Rawson: An area prone to coastal erosion

Playa Unión and Puerto Rawson are facing severe coastal erosion and increasingly the negative effects. Since the first half of the 20th century there have been signs of erosion, but also of sedimentation. However, the coastline in the project area is retreating over the years. The situation has recently been declared an emergency. Furthermore,...

A new setup to study the influence of plant growth on the consolidation of dredged cohesive sediment

Dredged cohesive sediment is progressively being used for wetland construction. However, little is known about the effect of plant growth during the self-weight consolidation of this sediment. In order to check the feasibility of such a study, a new experimental setup has been constructed. As an example, the effect of Phragmites australis on the...

A comprehensive sediment budget for the Mississippi Barrier Islands

In order to conceive any realistic plan for post-Katrina island restoration, it is necessary to understand the physical processes that move sand along the littoral drift zone off the coast of Mississippi. This littoral zone influences the character of the Mississippi barrier islands as they exist in an ever changing cycle. To help in this...

Sediment Concentrations due to Currents and Irregular Waves: The effects of grading of the bed material: measurement report

This thesis presents the result of measurements of sediment concentration due to currents and irregular waves. The measurements were conducted from April to September 1999, in the 'Lange Speurwerk Goot', a large flume in the Laboratory of Fluid Mechanics. The goal of the experiments, which are part of the European Research Program SEDMOC, was to...

The influence of grading on concentration calculations

The main objective of this study is: investigation of the influence ofthe composition of the bed material on the composition of the suspended material at the reference level and on calculating the reference concentration, based on recent measurements. This objective was achieved by a study of literature, the investigation of data from six...