1st Edition
An approach to medium-term coastal morphological modelling UNESCO-IHE PhD Thesis
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Thesis Structure and Approach
2 A Three-dimensional Morphological Model
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Hydrodynamics
2.3 Waves
2.4 Suspended Sediment Transport
2.5 Bed-load Sediment Transport
2.6 Morphodynamics
2.7 Summary
3 Model Validation
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Comparison with Analytical Solutions
3.3 Comparison with Physical Measurements
3.4 Comparison with Other Numerical Models
3.5 Discussion
4 Medium-term Modelling of Willapa Bay
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Field Measurement Campaign
4.3 Establishment of a Morphological Model
4.4 Morphological Model Analysis
4.5 Morphological Modelling Conclusions
4.6 Discussion
5 Morphological Acceleration Techniques
5.1 Approaches and Considerations
5.2 Methods
5.3 Results
5.4 Conclusions
6 Conclusions
6.1 Devloping a 3D Morphological Model
6.2 Validation of Process Models
6.3 Application of the Model
6.4 Morphological Acceleration Techniques
6.5 Concluding Remarks
List of Symbols
Bibliography
List of Figures
Biography
Giles Lesser (Wellington, New Zealand, 1970) studied civil engineering at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand graduating in 1991. From 1992 until 1998 he worked as a civil engineer for Wellington City Council where, for a period, he was responsible for the maintenance of the city's many kilometres of coastal defences. In 2000 he was awarded an MSc on coastal engineering at UNESCO-IHE.
He was employed by Delft Hydraulics from 2001 until 2006. In February 2006 Giles relocated to Melbourne, Australia to finish his thesis.
