Structure and Sediment Interactions
Oral
Joost Den Bieman, MSc
Consultant / Researcher
Deltares
Niels Jacobsen
Deltares
Marcel van Gent, PhD
Head of Department Coastal Structures & Waves
Deltares
In this work, a CFD model code (OpenFOAM) is extended to allow for the exchange of sediment from the inside of porous structures to the outside. This extended model is applied to simulate the morphological change around and under toe structures, as are often used in rubble mound coastal structures. Both the dimensions of the toe structure and the hydraulic loading is varied to investigate their effect on the simulated scour.