Influence of infragravity sea waves during storms on the hydro- and morphodynamic processes along hybrid soft-hard coastal defence structures with a shallow foreshore KU Leuven
Urban areas in low-lying coastal zones are typically protected from
flooding due to storm surge and waves by a hybrid soft-hard coastal
defence structure. Such structures combine a mild-sloped beach (soft
structure) and a steep-sloped dike (hard structure). For smaller water
depths on the beach (shallow water case), a surf and swash zone
starts to develop in front of the dike toe. In this zone, short waves
(ss) ...