Coastal Engineering

Section 1: Coastal erosion On the splitting of the sediment fluxes balance: a new formulation for the sand waves equation; Solving a harbour sedimentation problem in Yemen; On preferable location of a dewatering system in a sandy beach. Section 2: Sediment transport Securing manoeuverability of a deep draft ship in a sediment oaded tidal river berth; Prediction of suspended fine-sediment concentration and siltation at Kapar coastal region in Malaysia. Section 3: Coastal evolution and environment Stochastic prediction of long-term coastal evolution; A modular aquaculture modelling system (MAMS) and its application to the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia (BC). Section 4: Coastal lakes and lagoons Water budget in coastal brackish lagoons; Eutrophication of the shallow Szczecin Lagoon (Baltic Sea): modelling, management and the impact of weather. Section 5: Harbours and marinas Water waves in harbour areas: appreciation of open boundary conditions; Breakwater overtopping under wave spectra conditions prevailing in the Adriatic Sea; Particle tracking velocimetry measurements to assess the performance of flow control structures. Section 6: Shallow water tidal models Atmospheric forcing impact study in M?t?o-France storm surge model; Wave directionality in shallow water; Comparing interpolation methods for processing randomly scattered bathymetric data; Numerical modelling of shallow water using an iterative solution algorithm; Section 7: Wave studies Numerical modeling of refraction and diffraction; An efficient finite element technique for water wave modelling; Wave load and wave propagation over forelands; Numerical study on breaking indices for solitary wave on slopes; A set of fully nonlinear equations for surface and internal gravity waves; Stability of low crested rubble mound breakwaters under wave attack. Section 8: Pollution studies Designation as sensitive area or vulnerable zone to pollution from urban waters of a marine reserve; Finite element techniques for water quality models; Atmospheric forcing impact in MOTHY oil drift model. Section 9: Coastal risk Assessment of erosion and wave risk over coastal areas; Airborne laser mapping of coastal topography and inshore bathymetry; Return periods of summer-time sea storms in the central Mediterranean Sea; The influence of freshwater distribution on SPM transport in the Dutch coastal zone.