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Ton, A.M. (author)
The use of the detached offshore submerged breakwater (SBW) for coastal protection has an increasing popularity due to its low aesthetic impact on the natural environment. Submerged breakwaters however have only rarely been adopted and therefore its efficacy remains largely unknown (Ranasinghe et al. 2010). Shoreline erosion has been reported in...
master thesis 2017
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Van der Baan, A.L. (author)
Shore-parallel submerged breakwaters (SBWs) appear as an attractive form of coastal protection. Compared to their emergent counterpart there is no impact on the beach amenity and aesthetics. In addition, there is a possibility for recreational purposes. However, the actual application of SBWs is often discouraged because the complexity of the...
master thesis 2013
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Vlijm, R.J. (author)
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...
master thesis 2011
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Bos, K.J. (author)
This report is the result of a master thesis of the author, student at Delft University of Technology, faculty of Civil Engineering. The study was carried out at DELFT HYDRAULICS. In this report the effects of an offshore breakwater on the shore are investigated with the morphodynamic models DELFT2D-MOR and DELFT3D. These, respectively 2...
master thesis 1996
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