Open AccessBLOCK REVETMENT DESIGN WITH PHYS. AND NUM. MODELS
Author(s) -
Adam Bezuijen,
J. Wouters,
C. Laustrup
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v21.160
Subject(s) - revetment , subsoil , turbulence , block (permutation group theory) , flow (mathematics) , scale model , computer simulation , stability (learning theory) , geotechnical engineering , boundary value problem , geology , marine engineering , environmental science , mechanics , engineering , computer science , mathematics , simulation , physics , mathematical analysis , geometry , aerospace engineering , machine learning , soil science , soil water
A combination of a physical model and numerical models has been used in the design of a block revetment for the Danish North Sea coast. The wave pressure loading on the revetment during design conditions was investigated in a physical scale model. The measured wave pressures were used as a boundary condition for the numerical models. Solutions for the flow equations through the coverlayer, filter layer and subsoil were then obtained in the numerical models, taking into account the influence of turbulence. With these solutions the stability of the coverlayer and subsoil was evaluated. The paper presents a description of the various models and information about the design of the revetment.