Hydraulics Fieldwork

The course consists of preparatory lectures and workshops during the three weeks preceeding the actual measurement week (usually the last week of September). The weeks after the measurements are used to process, analyse and present the results. The elective is offered to a limited (25 to 30) number of students. The application procedure is announced on Brightspace in Q4 of the academic year preceding the fieldwork.

There are two options for the execution of the fieldwork. It is announced in Q4 preceding the fieldwork which option(s) will be organised. Depending on the number of applications and the interests of the students, it is decided what option(s) will take place.

Option 1:

A design-oriented fieldwork. This type of fieldwork acquires data for the evaluation of an existing configuration (like a nourished beach), or for the design of a new structure like a breakwater, marina or artificial island. Typical components of such a fieldwork are beach profile measurements, echo sounding for bathymetry measurement, sand sampling, observation of instantaneous wave conditions, inspection of breakwaters. The emphasis of this version is on the entire measurement campaign rather than on operating advanced instruments.

Option 2:

A research-oriented fieldwork. Measurements are done on the beach, like profile measurements, sand sampling, sediment transport measurements, etc. The collected data will have to be checked to the deep-water boundary conditions (waves and currents) which are available via the routine measuring devices.

The introductory lectures are given in collaboration with the Coastal Remote Sensing elective within the MSc program Applied Earth Sciences, organised by the Department of Geoscience and Remote Sensing.