Project offer to young professionals

During this minor about emergency measures for dikes you will first investigate the measures that are available, by doing some literature research. These possibilities you will model in the flume, using different scale models. After this you will give an advise on the different measures in different situations, for example in a storm situation with waves, which measure is best applicable. For this minor we are looking for at least 2 students that are interested in the field of Coastal Engineering and want to do some experiments in the flume. XXX Figure 1: Boxbarrier and Mobile Dike.

Inhoud

1 Goal of the project
2 Stakeholders
3 Activities and end result
4 Education programs allowed
5 Supervision
6 Competences and learning goals
7 Knowledge and expertise required
8 Start and amount of work (ECTs) of the project
9 Amount of students
10 Contact

Goal of the project

Give an advice to the client on the different measures in different situations. Questions that can be asked are:

What will happen if we do not only have high water levels, but also severe wave attack?
Too which extend will the measures stay stable or start to float at some point?
What regulations are available for these emergency measures?
What is the influence of the water level and wave run-up on the stability of these measures?
How well is the practical application of the different measures during storm situations?

Stakeholders

Lector Building with Nature, Rijkswaterstaat, Hoogwaterbeschermingsprogramma.

Activities and end result

During this minor you will first investigate the measures that are available, by doing some literature research. These possibilities you will model in the flume, using different scale models. After this you will give an advice to the client on the different measures in different situations, for example in a storm situation with waves, which measure is best applicable.

Education programs allowed

Not specified, interested in Building with Nature and Coastal Engineering.

Supervision

Weekly meetings with coach and with the client (Rijkswaterstaat).

Competences and learning goals

Testing hypothesis’ in the flume in a valid and reliable way, analysing the results to give an advice to the client. Applying this result to a real life situation.

Knowledge and expertise required

Interest and knowledge in Building with Nature and Coastal Engineering.

Start and amount of work (ECTs) of the project

September 2018, 30 ECTs.

Amount of students

2-3

Contact

Ms Samantha van Schaick (HZ, Delta Academy, Civil Engineering, samantha.v.schaick@hz.nl)