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Morphodynamic equilibria in tidal basins: A 2D idealized model study on their identification, stability and sensitivity to natural and anthropogenic changes in external forcings
Code
01CD7823
Duration
01 August 2023 → 30 April 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Coastal geography
  • Engineering and technology
    • Coastal and estuarine hydraulics
Keywords
Estuarine hydrodynamics coastal geomorphology sediment transport
 
Project description
 The bed shape of estuaries and tidal inlets naturally tends to an equilibrium, induced by the tidal water motion. Only at the cost of dredging and other measures, other shapes (e.g. deepened fairways) can be maintained. To optimize these measures, novel 2D numerical methods are developed to identify these equilibria and investigate their stability and sensitivity to sea level rise.