Wave Overtopping Experiment

Oral

1541 - 2d Overtopping And Impact Experiments In Shallow Foreshore Conditions

Presenting Author(s)

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  Vincent Gruwez, MS

  Doctoral researcher
  Dept. of Civil Engineering, Ghent University

Additional Author #2(s)

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  Dogan Kisacik

  Dokuz Eylul University

Additional Author #3(s)

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  Maximilian Streicher, MS

  PhD student
  Departement of Civil Engineering, Ghent University, Technologiepark 904, 9052 Ghent

Additional Author #4(s)

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  Toon Verwaest

  Flanders Hydraulics Research

Additional Author #5(s)

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  Andreas Kortenhaus

  Ghent University

Additional Author #6(s)

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  Peter Troch, MS, PhD

  Professor in Coastal Engineering
  Ghent University

Additional Author(s)

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  Ine Vandebeek

This presentation will discuss the 2D experiments conducted for the CREST project (http://www.crestproject.be/en) in the wave flume of Ghent University (Belgium, EU). The experiments focused on a low-crested sea dike fronted by a shallow foreshore and a mildly to steeply sloping beach (i.e. slopes between 1/80 and 1/20). The main goal was to obtain a dataset by which wave transformations over the beach and wave-structure interactions (i.e. wave overtopping and impact forces) can be studied. The tests included high spatial resolution surface elevation measurements, which is new for beaches with a sea dike located in the inner surf zone.