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Van der Ham, P.J. (author)Part I: On the time scales of wave processes. To systematically improve the SWAN model a study on the wave physics in a tidal inlet was carried out. The third-generation SWAN model was used to compute the wave processes in a tidal inlet for storm conditions. The computed wave processes are propagation (shoaling, refraction and frequency shifting...master thesis 2009
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Khan Mozahedy, A.B.M. (author)Detrimental impacts of fossil fuels and its foreseen scarcity are encouraging research for the development of the renewable energy as alternatives. A newly developed composite seawall concept could be a vitally important technique for wave energy conversion. A 3-D model of composite seawall has been simulated to comprehend its hydraulic...master thesis 2009
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Mooyaart, L.F. (author)In the Netherlands 6,8% of the total electricity production came from renewable energy sources. Electricity was 17 % of the total energy consumption in that year. In total 1,2% of the energy consumption was therefore renewable. The objective of the cabinet to get 20% of the energy from renewable energy sources will therefore be a major challenge...master thesis 2009
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Hoonhout, B.M. (author)The most densely populated and economical most valuable areas in The Netherlands lie below mean sea level. These areas are protected against the sea by a joint coastal dune system. The vital importance of this dune system is reflected in the extensive collection of Dutch legal regulations that ensure the safety level of the dunes. The assessment...master thesis 2009
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Yu, M. (author)Existing Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) for Poole Harbour was the first generation produced in 2004, which is before statutory obligations to protect the natural coastline were fully realised. Under the idea of ‘adopting a sustainable policy for the longer-term’, at present the second generation of SMP is being produced. This study was...master thesis 2009
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Kim, E. (author)The objective of this study was to contribute to the knowledge on ice-ridges structures interactions. This work is a follow-up of previous research on simulations of ice-structure interaction using finite element method (Gürtner, 2009b; Konuk, et al., 2009a,b) and a preliminary study of freeze-bond (FB) shear strength (Repetto-Llamazares, et al....master thesis 2009
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Van der Ziel, F. (author)The second Delta-committee (September 2008) foresees difficulty in resolving flood safety issues for Rotterdam and Dordrecht if high river runoffs are still running through the New Waterway. A new safety issue, induced by climate changes, lies in the combination of closed sea defensives and relatively high river runoffs at the same time. A...master thesis 2009
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Knaack, W. (author)Een onderzoek naar de morfologische veranderingen in het Friesche Zeegat. Na de afsluiting van de Lauwerszee is het bekken continu in verandering. Dit heeft gevolgen voor de bevaarbaarheid van de vaarroute naar Schiermonnikoog. In dit onderzoek wordt een voorspelling gedaan naar de ontwikkelingen voor het komend decennium en de gevolgen van deze...master thesis 2009
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Kebede, A.S. (author)Coastal zones are highly vulnerable to climate change and its variability. Future projections of global climate change suggest that relative sea-level rise and increased storm frequencies could lead to significant increases in coastal flooding and shoreline erosion. Associated with this, it is likely that coastal hazards can have the potential...master thesis 2009
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Van Damme, M. (author)Extracellular Polymeric Substance is found to be responsible for the stabilizing behaviour of biofilms on sediment, but studies disagree on how this stabilizing effect is achieved and what processes are involved in making an EPS biofilm shear off. This study answers the question how the biofilms achieve the stabilizing effect and what processes...master thesis 2009
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Van Aalderen, M.W. (author)Royal Boskalis Westminster nv is an international group with a leading position in the world market for dredging services. In most practical cases a jet installation or a big discharge aperture is used for the fast unloading of a load of sand. When a relative small discharge opening, without the use of a jet installation, is used to unload a...master thesis 2009
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Hoang, V.T. (author)In this Master dissertation the capacity of Vietnamese port system in comparison with ports in the Far East Asia region in aspects of port operations, port instituitional, organizational and administrative issues is investigated. Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats in port operations and port management of Vietnamese ports are...master thesis 2009
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Hoogduin, L. (author)The aim of this research is to determine to what extend the scour holes limit the sediment transport through the Eastern Scheldt storm surge barrier and whether or not human adaptations, like sand-nourishments in the scour holes, can have a positive effect on the sediment import. To investigate these scenarios a numerical model (Delft3D) is used...master thesis 2009
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Sikkema, T. (author)After New Orleans was struck by hurricane Katrina on the 29th of August a consortium including Iv-Infra was in a tender, which involved the design of a storm surge barrier at the east side of the city of New Orleans. This consortium designed a piled-supported structure including a concrete superstructure. The superstructure consists of a...master thesis 2009
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Nordbeck, P.M. (author)Maasvlakte 2 is het project waarmee de haven van Rotterdam wordt uitgebreid. Het sluit direct aan op de huidige Maasvlakte. De havenbekkens van beide Maasvlaktes worden verbonden door de Yangtzehaven in westelijke richting door te steken naar Maasvlakte 2. De doorsteek bestaat uit een voorfase waarin een kanaal wordt gegraven ten behoeve van de...master thesis 2009
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Francke, L. (author)Er is onderzoek gedaan naar de technische en economische haalbaarheid van voorgespannen diepwanden. Binnen enkele randvoorwaarden, blijkt het goede mogelijkheden te geven om de zettingen van de belendingen tot een minimum te beperken.master thesis 2009
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Pool, A.D. (author)After a storm surge in November 2007, older storm surge deposits were discovered in the eroded dunes near Heemskerk, the Netherlands. These deposits undulate in height with a maximum elevation of over 6 m above mean sea level. Luminescence dating suggests that the layers were deposited by either the 1775 or the 1776 storm surge. The aim of this...master thesis 2009
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Benit, M.P. (author)As waves enter the surf-zone, the wave spectra undergo drastic transformations because of depth-induced breaking and triad interactions. Any arbitrary spectrum will converge towards a smooth, universal shape in which initially higher harmonic peaks emerge that disappear as wave propagate further into the surf-zone. The current formulation of...master thesis 2009
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Liu, J. (author)Compare the 1D spectrum computed in SWAN (Svasek, 2007) with it measured by buoy OS4 in the Oosterschelde Estuary, serious underestimation of wave energy can be found on low-frequency band. Investigation has been performed to find the possible reasons for the missing energy on low frequency part. In this study, diffraction is hypothesized as the...master thesis 2009
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Spyropoulou, S. (author)This report contains the work of Stella Spyropoulou for the final MSc thesis for the Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management Erasmus Mundus Postgraduate diploma, with the help and supervision of the UPC (Universitat Polytechnica de Catalunya) staff Marc Mestres and Manel Grifoll. An effort is made in this thesis to identify dominating and...master thesis 2009