Print Email Facebook Twitter Assessment of the variables influencing sediment transport at the Sand Motor Title Assessment of the variables influencing sediment transport at the Sand Motor Author Kaji, A.O. Contributor Stive, M.J.F. (mentor) Luijendijk, A. (mentor) Van Thiel de Vries, J. (mentor) Zijlema, M. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Programme CoMEM Date 2013-06-28 Abstract The objective of this thesis is to investigate the role of different hydrodynamic and morphological factors influencing sediment transport patterns at the Sand Motor in order to give insight in processes controlling the short-term sand bar morphodynamics and the long term development of the Sand Motor. The work presents an analysis of the morphological changes of the Sand Motor since its construction until April 2013 based on monthly bottom topography surveys. The evolution of the coastline and the sand bar system is then related to the hydrodynamics. Hereafter simulations of realistic and schematized scenarios is conducted using the numerical model Delft3D. Based on those results a conceptual model of the evolution of the Sand Motor is derived and the trends in the longshore sediment transport rates for the different aspects of the morphological evolution were analyzed in order to give insight on the future development of the Sand Motor. Subject Zandmotorsand barsmega-nourishmentDelft3Dsediment transport formulationscurved coastline To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8e02f21c-23c9-433d-96b0-4467cb16dd04 Embargo date 2013-12-28 Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2013 Kaji, A.O. Files PDF MSc_Thesis_Kaji_.pdf 10.7 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:8e02f21c-23c9-433d-96b0-4467cb16dd04/datastream/OBJ/view