ASSESSMENT OF THE EFFECT OF SHOREFACE NOURISHMENTS USING AUTONOMOUS BAR BEHAVIOR

Abstract

1. Motivation For normal sized nourishments (not mega) it is cheapest do nourishments at the shoreface. Under severe storm surges dune erosion can occur, leading to an unacceptable risk. Shoreface nourishments can be designed to prevent dune erosion, and the focus on this work is to find out how. Vital for any assessment of the effect of any coastal protection is to be able to assess the net effect, i.e the effect of the coastal protection where the autonomous behavior is extracted.