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Summary:
This EPSRC-funded project is a collaborative
venture between the Universities of
Liverpool (UL), East Anglia (UEA) and Plymouth (UP),
and Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory (POL)
and British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC),
who are sub-contracted to the project
for field measurements and data
management, as well as the end-users including
Halcrow Maritime (HAL) and HR
Wallingford (HRW), who are funded in
parallel by the Department for
Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
and the Environmental Agency (EA) to
incorporate project results into
national design guidelines. The main
objective of this research is to
evaluate the generic effects of
shore-parallel breakwaters in tidal
conditions on coastal morphology on
scales of kilometres and years, using a
combination of deterministic and
probabilistic morphological modelling
and newly collected hydrodynamic and
morphological data. The research builds
upon the results from the
recently-completed EPSRC project - LEACOAST (UL, UEA,
HAL and HRW) with wider aims and
objectives focussing on time and
space-scales appropriate for shoreline
management plans, and on providing
results that are of generic value for
the UK coastal environment. The study
will make use of both existing field and
model data and engineering experience as
well as newly acquired field data from
the nine segmented shore-parallel
breakwaters at Sea Palling, Norfolk and
their impacts on the low-lying,
flood-prone coastal sub-cell between Happisburgh and Waxham.
Duration:
36 Months from 1 Aug 2005
Funds:
The total project funds is £1.1 million
Partners:
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Prof. C.E. Vincent, Dr Tony Dolphin, School of Environmental
Sciences, University of East Anglia
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Prof. D. Reeve, Department of Civil Engineering, University of
Plymouth
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Dr
M. Davidson, School of Earth Ocean and Environmental Science,
University of Plymouth
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Dr J. Wolf/ Prof P. D. Thorne/Dr J.J.
William/P. S. Bell, Proudman Oceanographic
Laboratory/British Oceanographic Data Centre
Further Details:
For details please visit the Project
website:
http://pcwww.liv.ac.uk/civilCRG/leacoast2
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