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14 - Civil and Construction Engineering
Cardiff University
Modelling the effect of wave overtopping on nearshore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics around shore-parallel breakwaters
The research has been included in design guidelines for nearshore detached breakwaters by Halcrow and HR Wallingford (Guidance for outline design of nearshore detached breakwaters on sandy macro-tidal coasts,EA report : SC060026/R1). It stimulated collaborations with Halcrow, HR Wallingford, EA/DEFRA, National Oceanography Centre, East Anglia University, and the Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research in China. The software developed, which models hydrodynamics and morphodynamics in the nearshore area, has been used in industry (Black & Vech). The research also has led to further collaboration with the Sun Yat-sen University in China and a new EuropeAid research proposal.