Abstract
For the extension of the Rotterdam port in the Netherlands, a novel type of coastal defence structure has been built: a dynamic cobble revetment. During the recent years sand has washed-in between the cobbles altering its hydrodynamic performance. Currently no relations exist that can accurately predict this change in overtopping performance. As physical experiments on a scale large enough to prevent Reynolds (permeability) scale effects are both very costly and time consuming, numerical models are becoming a serious alternative. In this study the influence of a decrease in porosity and related cobble layer thickness on the overtopping performance is studied using a numerical model.Recorded Presentation from the vICCE (YouTube Link): https://youtu.be/TOvuL_fu4eA
Highlights
For the extension of the Rotterdam port in the Netherlands, a novel type of coastal defence structure has been built: a dynamic cobble revetment
OpenFOAM with the waves2foam toolbox was identified as a suitable numerical model for simulating overtopping on a cobble revetment
For the validation of the CFD model physical experiments conducted in the Delta Flume for the design of the Maasvlakte2 revetment (Deltares, 2007), are used
Summary
For the extension of the Rotterdam port in the Netherlands, a novel type of coastal defence structure has been built: a dynamic cobble revetment. OpenFOAM with the waves2foam toolbox was identified as a suitable numerical model for simulating overtopping on a cobble revetment. For the validation of the CFD model physical experiments conducted in the Delta Flume (scale 1:5) for the design of the Maasvlakte2 revetment (Deltares, 2007), are used.
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