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Dimitris Dermentzoglou

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Salt Marshes are a coastal ecosystem which have numerous benefits as coastal defense such as wave attenuation and can adapt to sea level rise. Wave flume tests, using a scale model of a cross-section of a salt marsh adjacent to a dike, were conducted in the Hydraulic Laboratory, ...
Sea dikes have long been one of the main coastal defense infrastructures in the Netherlands, protecting against flooding and storm surges. As climate change intensifies severe phenomena and sea level rises, dikes must be heightened to protect the coast efficiently against future ...
Crownwalls are often placed on top of vertical composite breakwaters to reduce overtopping. Adding a seawards facing overhang at the top of crownwalls has successfully reduced overtopping even further without increasing the freeboard of the crownwall. Crownwalls with a fully curv ...