Using Texel Inlet as a sediment transport belt

Title

Using Texel Inlet as a sediment transport belt

 Author

Lakeman, J.W.A.

Contributor

De Ronde, J.G. (mentor)
Sokolewicz, M. (mentor)
Labeur, R.J. (mentor)
Wang, Z.B. (mentor)
Stive, M.J.F. (mentor)

Faculty

Civil Engineering and Geosciences

 Department

Coastal Engineering

 Date

2009-06-08

 Abstract

A consortium of DHV, Imares and Alle Hosper proposed the reclamation of tidal marshes in front of the Afsluitdijk. During severe storms the tidal marshes reduce the wave attack and therefore improve the safety assessment of the Afsluitdijk. The construction of the tidal marshes implies the transportation of approximately 50 Mm3 sediment. This study deals with the feasibility of transporting a considerable part of this volume by using the sediment transport processes at the Texel Inlet. The morphological development of the dump of a significant volume of sediment in the deeper parts of the Texel Inlet has been examined. The amount of the dumped volume that sedimentates at the end of the Texel Inlet close to the Afsluitdijk determines the efficiency of the method. The Texel Inlet is a tidal inlet in the western part of the Dutch Wadden Sea. The main hydrodynamic forcing of the Texel Inlet is the tide.

 Subject

Texel Inlet

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Student theses

 Document type

master thesis

 Rights

(c) 2009 Lakeman, J.W.A.
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