2nd COASTAL & OCEAN BASIN SEMINAR - 6 February 2020

SEMINAR – Recent groundbreaking innovations in experimental research in wave tank facilities 

 Following the first successful “COB seminar” on October 20th 2017, the consortium UGent – KU Leuven – Flanders Hydraulics Research organized on February 6th 2020 a second seminar focusing on recent innovations in experimental research in a wave tank facility.

The Coastal & Ocean Basin (COB) forms, jointly with the new towing tank, the Flanders Maritime Laboratory (in Dutch “Maritiem Onderzoekscentrum”), and has the ambition to be internationally active in areas such as coastal and offshore engineering, renewable ocean energy and building with nature.

During the second COB seminar,  a status update of both the new wave basin “COB” and the shallow water towing tank was given, followed by experiences of local and international recent innovations in wave tank research, presented by 18 experts from industry, government and academia. Five international keynote speakers presented their experience with state-of-the-art achievements related to wave tanks.

The purpose of this seminar was to create a scientific platform to exchange knowledge and expertise of experimental modelling, in the framework of the start up of the COB.

The organization, the 18 speakers and the more than 100 participants are looking back to a very successful day and are already looking forward to the 3^rd Coastal  and Ocean Basin Seminar within 2 years! Meanwhile, you can follow all updates of the COB here.

The pictures of the event are available on the beeldbank of Ghent University.

The presentations of the speakers can be accessed under 'Program' below.

Program: 

Detailed program with speakers and topics here (PDF, 70kB, 1p.)

SESSION 1 "Status of the Flanders Maritime Laboratory" – chair Jens Peter KOFOED

• Construction status of the Coastal & Ocean Basin - COB by Prof. Peter TROCH, director ai COB (Ghent University)

• Ship model testing in the towing tank for manoeuvres in shallow water and beyond by Prof. Guillaume DELEFORTRIE, expert nautical research (Flanders Hydraulics Research)

• The BLUE ACCELERATOR test site, the next stop for maritime development by dr. Ben DE PAUW, project officer Innovation Blue Energy (POM West-Flanders)

SESSION 2A "Modelling of waves and structures at sea" – chair Jaak MONBALIU

• Keynote: DURCWAVE: Experiments for coastal safety in low-lying coastal zones by dr. Corrado ALTOMARE, Marie Curie research fellow (UPC, Spain)

• Wave flume experiments of coastal defence systems with a very shallow foreshore by ir. Vincent GRUWEZ, PhD researcher (Ghent University)

• Experimental modelling of 3D wave overtopping by dr. Tomohiro Suzuki, coastal engineer (Flanders Hydraulics Research)

• PROTEUS: large scale experiments for scour protection around offshore monopiles by dr. Leen DE VOS, engineer-advisor (Geotechnics Division, Flemish Government)

• WALOWA: large scale experiments in the Delta Flume by dr. Maximilian STREICHER, postdoc research assistant (Ghent University)

• Keynote: Large scale experiments in coastal and ocean engineering at GWK flume by dr. Stefan SCHIMMELS, operations manager (Forschungszentrum Küste, Germany)

SESSION 2B "Modelling of waves and structures at sea" – chair Peter TROCH

• Keynote: Testing of wave energy converters in wave tanks by Prof. Jens Peter KOFOED, assoc prof (Aalborg University, Denmark)

• Keynote: Use of wave tanks for FPP's device technology development by dr. Sarah THOMAS, head of R&D (Floating Power Plant, Denmark)

• Physical model tests on a floating offshore wind turbine by ir. Griet DECORTE, PhD researcher (KU Leuven)

• Waves in sea-ice: experiments in the ice tank at Aalto University by Prof. Jaak MONBALIU, prof (KU Leuven)

• Keynote: Recent advances in wave generation techniques by Prof. Thomas Lykke ANDERSEN, assoc prof (Aalborg University, Denmark)

SESSION 3 "Invited speakers from industry" – chair Frank MOSTAERT

• Physical modelling as a tool in the design process of coastal structures by dr. David GALLACH SANCHEZ, coastal engineer (DEME Group)

• Wave flume and basin testing for breakwaters combined with beach nourishment by dr. Bernard MALHERBE, director project development (Jan De Nul Group)

• Use of wave tank experiments for the design of Africa’s largest port by ir. Arvid DUJARDIN, advisor (Antea Group)

• Large scale experiments on sand-filled geosystems and rock as erosion control measures by ir. Leen BAELUS, engineer-advisor (IMDC)

Location

GreenBridge, Wetenschapspark 1, 8400 Oostende

Organisation

consortium UGent – KU Leuven – Flanders Hydraulics
Prof. Peter TROCH - Prof. Jaak MONBALIU - Dr. Frank MOSTAERT