EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON WAVE-INDUCED SCOUR IN FRONT OF SLOPING COASTAL STRUCTURES AND THE INFLUENCE OF BED PROTECTION
ICCE 2022
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EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON WAVE-INDUCED SCOUR IN FRONT OF SLOPING COASTAL STRUCTURES AND THE INFLUENCE OF BED PROTECTION. (2023). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 37, structures.102. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v37.structures.102

Abstract

The erosion of the seabed in front of coastal structures induced by waves can lead to multiple types of failure in stability or function of the structure. On this topic most research has been done into erosion in front of vertical structures (e.g. Xie, 1981). For sloping structures a knowledge gap exists in the understanding of the processes that lead to erosion of seabed material directly in front of the structure. Available studies for sloping structures were done with regular waves (e.g. Sumer and Fredsøe, 2000) or for a low number of irregular waves (e.g. Den Bieman et al., 2019). In this study the main parameters that lead to development of scour in front of sloping structures are investigated. Additionally a method is presented that will help with predicting maximum scour depth when designing a sloping coastal structure.
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References

Den Bieman, van Gent and Hoonhout (2017): Physical model of scour at the toe of rock armoured structures. Coastal Engineering, 154:103572.

Jantzen (2020): Experimental study on the influence of bed protections on scour depth and scour development in front of sloped embankments. Master’s thesis, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Sumer and Fredsøe (2000): Experimental study of 2d scour and its protection at a rubble-mound breakwater. Coastal Engineering, 40(1):59–87.

Xie (1981): Scouring patterns in front of vertical breakwaters and their influences on the stability of the foundation of the breakwaters. TU Delft, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Hydraulic Engineering.

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