Overtopping wave energy converters (OWECs) are designed to extract energy from ocean waves based on wave overtopping into a reservoir, which is emptied into the ocean through a set of low-head turbines, and typically feature a low crest freeboard and a smooth impermeable steep slope. In the process of optimizing the performance of OWECs, the question arises whether adapting the slope geometry t...

Conventionally flood mapping typically includes only a static water level (e.g. peak of a storm tide) in coastal flood inundation events. Additional factors become increasingly important when increased water-level thresholds are met during the combination of a storm tide and increased mean sea level. This research incorporates factors such as wave overtopping and river flow in a range of flood ...

From 2007 wave overtopping tests with the Wave Overtopping Simulator (Van der Meer et al, 2008) have been performed on real dikes in order to determine strength of grass covers against loads from overtopping. Over 15 different locations and over 50 test sections tested. Most these large scale a clay subsoil. As part since 2014, pull sod pulling device estimate critical velocity, cover, specific...