Print Email Facebook Twitter Experimental study on the influence of bed protections on scour depth and scour development in front of sloped embankments Title Experimental study on the influence of bed protections on scour depth and scour development in front of sloped embankments Author Jantzen, Casper (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences) Contributor Hofland, B. (mentor) Kuiper, C. (mentor) de Schipper, M.A. (graduation committee) Ockeloen, Wouter (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Civil Engineering | Hydraulic Engineering Date 2020-10-28 Abstract On the seabed in front of coastal structures sediment movement takes place due to incoming waves. The erosion of sediments creates a scour hole at the toe of structures such as embankments, breakwaters and dikes. This scour hole may lead to instabilities in the main structure due to material sliding into this hole. A common method of protecting against scour is the placement of a rubble mound toe structure and bed protection. The goal of this study is to better understand the background and main parameters that leads to scour, to predict the (location of the) maximum scour depth and how this is influenced by the bed protection. Consequently, the main research question of this thesis is: What is the expected, wave induced, scour depth over time in front of a sloped embankment, and what is the effect of a scour protection on the (location of the) maximum scour depth? Subject ScourCoastalBreakwaterEmbankment To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:e0f7c1fc-60ea-441e-b3c8-40c0b29c0965 Related dataset 4TU.ResearchData https://doi.org/10.4121/13360490.v1 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2020 Casper Jantzen Files PDF Afstuderen_Casper.pdf 5.62 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:e0f7c1fc-60ea-441e-b3c8-40c0b29c0965/datastream/OBJ/view