PhD Research
Currently five PhD. research are beeing carried out in the coastal engineering and port development core.
Estuaries are valuable areas. Tidal flats and shoals, tidally varying water levels and the salt-fresh water interface are characteristics that from a unique environment, that is often of local and international importance. Breeding fish and migrating birds are only examples of the estuarine eco...
The existing geo-morphological models, which are generally built in the relatively sophisticated flow model, are limited.
A stand-alone generic Geo-morphological Model is to be built to fulfill various purposes, for instance, to be coupled with different models, and to be applied for a range...
Barrier tidal inlets are typically found in sandy coastal planes due to barrier breaching by sea flooding. They occur either as an isolated inlet or a series of inlets. A series of barrier inlets form the entrances to the Dutch Wadden Sea. Channels, shoals, tidal flats and barrier islands are t...
The flow through tidal inlets is basically driven by tidal oscillations, leading to periodic flooding and draining of the back barrier basin. However wind-driven currents may also contribute. Although the development and evolution of the tidal basin are mainly due to the interaction between tid...
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