Damage Characterisation of Rock Armoured Slopes

In order to design reliable coastal structures, for present and future scenarios, universal and precise damage assessment methods are required. This study addresses this need, and presents improved damage characterization methods for coastal structures with rock armoured slopes. The data used in this study was obtained from a test campaign...

The use of polyurethane in coastal engineering models

In physical model tests there is often a need of preventing stones from moving. This can be achieved by gluing the stones. Applying PBA (Polyurethane Bonded Agregate, e.g. Elastocoast) guarantees no moving stones, a normal permeability and a transportable model.

Large scale physical model tests on the stability of geocontainers

Within the framework of the workpackage 4c: “Flexible coastal defence with geosystems”, which is part of the workpackage 4: “Morfodynamics of the North Sea and coast” several problems are formulated with respect to the application and design of Geosystems. This is performed within the Delft Cluster project “Sustainable development of North sea...

Low-exceedance wave overtopping events: Measurements of velocities and the thickness of water-layers on the crest and inner slope of dikes

Low-exceedance wave overtopping events: Estimates of wave overtopping parameters at the crest and landward side of dikes

New wind-wave flumes at Delft

On March 24, 1969, the new wind-wave flumes at the Delft Hydraulics Laboratory (Figures 5 and 6) were officially opened by the Director-General of the Rijkswaterstaat. The design work started in 1964, and the building and installations 1tlere completed in November 1968. A general description of this equipment and some insight into its underlying...