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Near-bed orbital velocities at the toe of a Living Dike : Insights from Deltaflume experiments and SWASH numerical modeling
Graaf, Dennis de (2025) Near-bed orbital velocities at the toe of a Living Dike : Insights from Deltaflume experiments and SWASH numerical modeling.
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| Abstract: | The rapidly changing climate influencing flood protection is one of the major challenges society is facing. The coming century, accelerated sea level rise, increase in frequency of storms is expected. These climate driven hazards increase hydrodynamic loads on coastal structures. A potential remedy for improving flood safety worldwide are nature-based flood defenses, where the ability of saltmarshes to attenuate waves during storm conditions can be used for strengthening coastal flood defenses. Saltmarshes can erode under storm conditions, although a lot of research is conducted about saltmarsh dynamics, the erosion mechanics at the transition point between a dike and a saltmarsh are not well understood. This study explores how the near-bed orbital velocities act at the transition point between the saltmarsh and a dike for varying storm conditions. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Master) |
| Faculty: | ET: Engineering Technology |
| Subject: | 56 civil engineering |
| Programme: | Civil Engineering and Management MSc (60026) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/105237 |
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