Innovative nourishment techniques evaluation

Objective

NOURTEC aims to draw a set of generalized conclusions on the design, the effectiveness and the feasibility of shoreface nourishment techniques in different coastal environments.
This will be achieved through a comparative analysis of three full-scale experiments of different nourishment techniques (i.e. shoreface nourishments and combinations of shoreface and beach nourishments) implemented in three countries located in the North Sea (Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark) and representing a range of hydrodynamic and morphological conditions.

Common design parameters will be defined for all three experiments describing the different design objectives which will then constitute the basic elements in the monitoring and measurements programme together with the dominant processes. Correlations will then be derived of the design parameters with the pertinent physical parameters.

Whilst analysis of the field data will be based on statistical methods, state-of-the-art mathematical models of coastal morphodynamics will be used in a diagnostic mode to analyze dominant processes and to derive indications of future effects on coastal preservation.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › mathematics › applied mathematics › mathematical model

Programme(s)

• FP3-MAST 2 - Specific research and technological development programme (EEC) in the field of marine science and technology, 1990-1994

Topic(s)

• 0202 - Coastal engineering

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT PUBLIC WORKS AND WATER MANAGEMENT

Address

Kortenaerkade 1
2500 EX Den Haag ('S-gravenhage)
Netherlands

Participants (3)

Danish Coastal Authority

Denmark

Address

1,højbovej
7620 Lemvig

Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Ökologie

Germany

Address

An Der Mühle 5
26548 Norderney

Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht

Netherlands

Address

2,
3508 TC Utrecht