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Project

Research for scale model of Port Access in Zeebrugge
Code
174A06712
Duration
16 April 2012 → 15 October 2016
Funding
Regional and community funding: various
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • Construction engineering
    • Earthquake engineering
    • Geotechnical and environmental engineering
    • Water engineering
    • Wind engineering
Keywords
Port of Zeebrugge scale modelling accessibility
 
Project description
 

In a large scale physical modelling project, the optimization of the existing access to the port of Zeebrugge is investigated on two aspects:

-safe nautical accessibility of the tide

-reduction of the sludge intrusion in the port of Zeebrugge