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  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
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20 Pages

A Comparative Study of Comprehensive Modeling Systems for Sediment Transport in a Curved Open Channel

  • Keivan Kaveh,
  • Markus Reisenbüchler,
  • Sandip Lamichhane,
  • Tobias Liepert,
  • Ngoc Dung Nguyen,
  • Minh Duc Bui and
  • Peter Rutschmann

27 August 2019

In recent decades, a variety of morphodynamic model systems have been developed to improve our understanding of sediment transport and the resulting changes in riverbed topography. Despite progress in the description of physical processes, the degree...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
7,480 Views
28 Pages

Modeling Storm Surge Attenuation by an Integrated Nature-Based and Engineered Flood Defense System in the Scheldt Estuary (Belgium)

  • Sven Smolders,
  • Maria João Teles,
  • Agnès Leroy,
  • Tatiana Maximova,
  • Patrick Meire and
  • Stijn Temmerman

There is increasing interest in the use of nature-based approaches for mitigation of storm surges along coasts, deltas, and estuaries. However, very few studies have quantified the effectiveness of storm surge height reduction by a real-existing, est...

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  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,011 Views
23 Pages

Modelling the Main Hydrodynamic Patterns in Shallow Water Estuaries: The Minho Case Study

  • Isabel Iglesias,
  • Paulo Avilez-Valente,
  • Ana Bio and
  • Luísa Bastos

18 May 2019

Numerical models are key tools to characterize hydrodynamical patterns of coastal environments and anticipate the potential effects of hazardous and extreme events, anthropogenic intervention or climate change. In this work, the openTELEMAC-MASCARET...