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Wave Overtopping and Wave-Induced Loads on Coastal Sea Walls

Kortenhaus, A. / Gallach-Sánchez, D. / Streicher, M. / Hohls, C. / Trouw, K. / Altomare, C. / Suzuki, T. / Thoon, D. / Troch, P. / De Rouck, J.

Extreme storm events and a potential sea level rise are great threats for low lying areas, e.g. in Belgium. Both the wave-induced loading and wave overtopping of vertical coastal structures are identified as the main challenges with respect to coasts in low-lying countries. Therefore, the overall objectives of this study are to understand and measure wave-induced loads on vertical storm walls caused by overtopping waves and shallow foreshores. Hydraulic model tests were performed (scale 1:25) in the wave flume of the Department of Civil Engineering at Ghent University. The foreshore (1:35) and the dike (1:2) were built with two different dike crest levels (+9 mTAW and +10 mTAW) and two promenade widths (10 m and 30 m). The analysis of the tests showed that the interaction between overtopping rate, freeboard, wave conditions and water level influences the wave-induced loads significantly. Empirical relationships were developed for the present setup combining the dimensionless force with the dimensionless overtopping.

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Wave Overtopping and Wave-Induced Loads on Coastal Sea Walls

Kortenhaus, A. / Gallach-Sánchez, D. / Streicher, M. / Hohls, C. / Trouw, K. / Altomare, C. / Suzuki, T. / Thoon, D. / Troch, P. / De Rouck, J.

Extreme storm events and a potential sea level rise are great threats for low lying areas, e.g. in Belgium. Both the wave-induced loading and wave overtopping of vertical coastal structures are identified as the main challenges with respect to coasts in low-lying countries. Therefore, the overall objectives of this study are to understand and measure wave-induced loads on vertical storm walls caused by overtopping waves and shallow foreshores. Hydraulic model tests were performed (scale 1:25) in the wave flume of the Department of Civil Engineering at Ghent University. The foreshore (1:35) and the dike (1:2) were built with two different dike crest levels (+9 mTAW and +10 mTAW) and two promenade widths (10 m and 30 m). The analysis of the tests showed that the interaction between overtopping rate, freeboard, wave conditions and water level influences the wave-induced loads significantly. Empirical relationships were developed for the present setup combining the dimensionless force with the dimensionless overtopping.

Wave Overtopping and Wave-Induced Loads on Coastal Sea Walls

Kortenhaus, A. / Gallach-Sánchez, D. / Streicher, M. / Hohls, C. / Trouw, K. / Altomare, C. / Suzuki, T. / Thoon, D. / Troch, P. / De Rouck, J.

Extreme storm events and a potential sea level rise are great threats for low lying areas, e.g. in Belgium. Both the wave-induced loading and wave overtopping of vertical coastal structures are identified as the main challenges with respect to coasts in low-lying countries. Therefore, the overall objectives of this study are to understand and measure wave-induced loads on vertical storm walls caused by overtopping waves and shallow foreshores. Hydraulic model tests were performed (scale 1:25) in the wave flume of the Department of Civil Engineering at Ghent University. The foreshore (1:35) and the dike (1:2) were built with two different dike crest levels (+9 mTAW and +10 mTAW) and two promenade widths (10 m and 30 m). The analysis of the tests showed that the interaction between overtopping rate, freeboard, wave conditions and water level influences the wave-induced loads significantly. Empirical relationships were developed for the present setup combining the dimensionless force with the dimensionless overtopping.

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Title:

Wave Overtopping and Wave-Induced Loads on Coastal Sea Walls

Contributors:

Kortenhaus, A. (author) / Gallach-Sánchez, D. (author) / Streicher, M. (author) / Hohls, C. (author) / Trouw, K. (author) / Altomare, C. (author) / Suzuki, T. (author) / Thoon, D. (author) / Troch, P. (author) / De Rouck, J. (author)

Conference:

Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters Joint Conference 2015 ; 2015 ; Boston, Massachusetts

Published in:

Coastal Structures and Solutions to Coastal Disasters 2015 ; 638-649

Publication date:

2017-07-11

ISBN:

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1061/9780784480304.068

Type of media:

Conference paper

Type of material:

Electronic Resource

Language:

English

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