Print Email Facebook Twitter The morphological behavior of shoal connecting channels Title The morphological behavior of shoal connecting channels Author van Kooten, V. Contributor Wang, Z.B. (mentor) Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2016-07-08 Abstract A shoal connecting channel connects two main channels over a shoal area. Shoal connecting channels are dynamic in their behavior and create areas alternating in height. By doing so the connecting channels make the area ecologically more valuable. Over time the dynamics of the shoal connecting channels in the Westerschelde have decreased. The cause for this decrease is not sufficiently understood. This present study provides an analysis on the morphological changes and hydraulic processes that affect the connecting channels. The following research questions will be answered: Which hydraulic processes influence the orientation of the shoal connecting channel? What is the influence of a shoal connecting channel on the water level difference between main channels? And what is the influence of morphological changes of the main channels on the connecting channels? Subject morphology estuary connecting channel To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:d64e022b-c902-4411-81f3-4d620a701cce Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights (c) 2016 van Kooten, V. Files PDF vvankootenmscThesis.pdf 19.83 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:d64e022b-c902-4411-81f3-4d620a701cce/datastream/OBJ/view