Influence of infragravity waves during storms on the hydro- and morphodynamics along hybrid soft-hard coastal defence structures with a shallow foreshore
Original title: Influence of infragravity waves during storms on the hydro- and morphodynamics along hybrid soft-hard coastal defence structures with a shallow foreshore Acronym: IG-Waves Period: January 2022 till December 2025 Status: In Progress
Urban areas in low-lying coastal zones are protected from flooding by a hybrid soft-hard coastal defence structures. Ig wave-related processes in these structures have a significant but insufficiently researched effect on the beach erosion and wave overtopping over the dike. The proposed research aims at gaining more insight into the influence of those ig waves on the wave propagation over the beach and dike (hydrodynamics), and how that affects erosion of the beach (morphodynamics).
Boone, W.; Pepi, Y.; Gruwez, V.; Ponsoni, L.; Gurdebeke, P.; Ribeiro, C.; Troch, P. (2024). Observing and characterizing infragravity waves through different sampling devices: A case-study of the Belgian coast, in: CoastLab 2024: Physical Modelling in Coastal Engineering and Science. pp. 1-3. https://dx.doi.org/10.59490/coastlab.2024.814, more
