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The Optimisation of Crest Level Design of Sloping Coastal Structures through Prototype Monitoring and Modelling
awww.ugent.be/en/coastal/research/opticrest/
Dutch title: De optimalisatie van het ontwerp van de kruinhoogte van golfkerende constructies op basis van metingen op prototype
Funder identifier: MAS3-CT97-0116 (Other contract id)
Acronym: OPTICREST
Period: January 1998 till February 2001
Status: Completed

Thesaurus terms Coastal engineering; Coastal waters; Modelling; Physical oceanography; Wave crests
  • Universiteit Gent; Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen en Architectuur; Vakgroep Civiele Techniek; Afdeling Weg- en Waterbouw (AWW), more, co-ordinator
  • Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Vlaams Ministerie Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Departement Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium (WL), more
  • Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Vlaams Ministerie van Mobiliteit en Openbare Werken; Agentschap voor Maritieme Dienstverlening en Kust; Afdeling Kust, more
  • Aalborg University; Department of Civil Engineering, more, partner
  • WL | Delft Hydraulics, more, partner
  • University College Cork; Hydraulics & Maritime Research Centre (HMRC), more, partner
  • Rijksinstituut voor Kust en Zee (RIKZ), more, partner
  • Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig; Leichtweiss-Institut für Wasserbau (LWI), more, partner
  • Technical University of Valencia; Department of Transportation Infrastructures and Engineering (UPV), more, partner
  • Instituto Hidrografico (IHPT), more, partner
  • Administratie Waterwegen en Zeewezen (AWZ), more
Measurements on site have demonstrated that the present design techniques of sloping coastal structures undervalue the height of the crest level. In order to optimise the height of the crest level, there is a valid need of prototype data and improved run-up prediction methods. Within the project, a large amount of full scale data will be acquired and compared to laboratory scale model measurements and to results of numerical models. This comparison will lead to new design rules.