| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R83552/01 |
| Title: |
Effect of shore-parallel breakwaters in tidal conditions on coastal morphology (LEACOST) |
| Principal Investigator: |
Vincent, Professor CE |
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Environmental Sciences |
| Organisation: |
University of East Anglia |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 April 2002 |
Ends: |
31 July 2005 |
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233,837
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| Coastal & Waterway Engineering |
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The collaborative Project aims to improve understanding of interactive coastal processes and morphology changes produced by construction of shoreparallel breakwaters in UK tidal conditions. The Project will focus on modelling and measuring the hydrodynamics and morphogolical changes during storm-events. Use will be made of an existing Liverpool WD morphological computer model, which will be enhanced to include the effect of overtopping and reflective porous structures. Field data will be gathered from two typical (but different) embayments (one per winter season) at the Sea Palling in Norfolk, UK where 9 shore-parallel segmented breakwaters have resulted in the formation of low-water tombolos and salients, as well as impacts on the beaches down-drift. Existing data on waves, currents and transient bathymetric changes collected from a central embayment in the UKCRF by earlier EPSRC-sponsored research (LUPY Project) will also be used in the modelling component.
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http://www.uea.ac.uk |