Presentations Overview

The current findings highlight that the Frioul port breakwater is seriously damaged and must be rehabilitated. Accordingly, the rehabilitation solution, which consists to replace the actual rock armour unit, was physically modelled, and tested for its hydraulic stability and the overtopping performa...

Higher design waves and water levels, including the effects of sea level rise, present determining loads for drawing up the strength and stability of the discharge sluices in the Afsluitdijk. One of these loads is the wave impact load on the gates, supporting beams and bridge decks. At first, these ...

Van Oord DMC was awarded the Contract for the Design and Construction of the Addu City Development project in the Maldives. The design of the shore protection works has been verified by means of 2D physical model testing at DHI in Denmark. The steep foreshore and shallow reef flat (very typical for...

Most offshore wind turbine structures are built with monopile type structures where some marine operations are conducted nearby. Therefore, proper wave estimation around the monopile is needed to assure safe marine operations. The trend of increasing monopile's diameter also adds the need to investi...

The Cubilok™ is a new trademarked armour unit that was developed in South Africa by PRDW to cater to a range of breakwater designs. As part of a master's research study, 2D physical model tests were conducted to investigate the stability and behaviour of the Cubilok™ on a 3V:4H slope. This inves...

Ship propellers generate high-flow velocities near quay walls, posing risks of bed scour and structural instability. A joint effort by CROW and the Dutch Government aims to refine bed protection design. This research program combines field measurements, scale model tests, and numerical modeling. At ...

The paper provides background on the Hanbar concrete armour unit which has been used since late 70s in Australia and more recently in New-Zealand. Guidelines for installation, including placement density and damaged coefficient, based on over physical modelling and field installation on over a dozen...

Two unique physical models of vegetated channels were executed to investigate flow exchange near vegetation: a small-scale experiment at TU Delft Water Lab and a large-scale experiment at the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology - River Experiment Center (KICT-REC). These exp...

With the increase in storminess due to climate change induced sea level rise, coastal protection solutions need to be able to contend with larger storms, resulting in larger incident waves, on a more regular basis. Many traditional coastal protection systems like vertical seawalls are proving to be ...

Physical modelling tests were conducted in a wave flume of Artelia's hydraulic laboratory to study the hydraulic response/stability of a rubble mound breakwater with non-standard core composed of crushed concrete blocks. This design carried out by EDF was initiated in response to develop a high perm...