Print Email Facebook Twitter Cross-sectional stability of tidal inlets using a process-based model Title Cross-sectional stability of tidal inlets using a process-based model: Application of a process-based model to compute the equilibrium cross-sectional areas of the Frisian inlet Author van den Berg, Jelle Jacobus (TU Delft Civil Engineering and Geosciences; TU Delft Hydraulic Engineering) Contributor Wang, Zheng Bing (graduation committee) van de Kreeke, J. (mentor) Zitman, Tjerk (graduation committee) van Prooijen, Bram (graduation committee) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2018-12-17 Abstract In this thesis the equilibrium cross-sectional areas of a tidal inlet are investigated. The most common used methods to study cross-sectional stability are the Escoffier method (Escoffier, 1940) and the Modified Escoffier method (Van de Kreeke, 2004). The Escoffier methods are mainly empirical and lack physical justification. Therefore, in this thesis a process-based model, as proposed by Hinwood et al. (2012), is used to show that in the long-term the inlet cross-sectional area approaches a stable equilibrium or closes. Additionally, the influence of higher harmonics on the equilibrium cross-sectional areas is studied. The stable equilibrium cross-sectional area of the Frisian inlet in the Dutch Wadden Sea is computed and the results are compared to earlier findings. Subject tidal inletstabilitycross-sectionescoffierequilibriumstableunstablefrisian inletprocess-basednumerical model To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:403708f3-b359-439b-8a6c-fe8a83781707 Coordinates 53.474767, 6.091948 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2018 Jelle Jacobus van den Berg Files PDF msc_thesis_jjvandenberg.pdf 2.77 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:403708f3-b359-439b-8a6c-fe8a83781707/datastream/OBJ/view