High-resolution, large-scale laboratory measurements of a sandy beach and dynamic cobble berm revetment

Authors

• Chris E. Blenkinsopp, Claverton Down, University of Bath
• Paul M. Bayle, Claverton Down, University of Bath
• Daniel C. Conley, School of Biological and Marine Sciences
• Gerd Masselink, School of Biological and Marine Sciences
• Emily Gulson
• Isabel Kelly
• Rafael Almar, Université de Toulouse
• Ian L. Turner, University of New South Wales
• Tom E. Baldock, University of Queensland
• Tomas Beuzen, University of British Columbia
• Robert T. McCall, Deltares
• Huub Rijper, Delft University of Technology
• Ad Reniers, Delft University of Technology
• Peter Troch, DEME Group
• David Gallach-Sanchez, DEME Group
• Alan J. Hunter, University of Bath, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Oscar Bryan, University of Bath, Department of Mechanical Engineering
• Gwyn Hennessey, Claverton Down, University of Bath
• Peter Ganderton, UoP RU - Coastal Processes Research Group
• Marion Tissier, Delft University of Technology
• Matthias Kudella, Forschungszentrum Küste
• Stefan Schimmels, Forschungszentrum Küste

ORCID

• Daniel C. Conley: 0000-0001-6822-5386
• Gerd Masselink: 0000-0001-6079-7611
• Peter Ganderton: 0000-0003-4550-319X

Abstract

High quality laboratory measurements of nearshore waves and morphology change at, or near prototype-scale are essential to support new understanding of coastal processes and enable the development and validation of predictive models. The DynaRev experiment was completed at the GWK large wave flume over 8 weeks during 2017 to investigate the response of a sandy beach to water level rise and varying wave conditions with and without a dynamic cobble berm revetment, as well as the resilience of the revetment itself. A large array of instrumentation was used throughout the experiment to capture: (1) wave transformation from intermediate water depths to the runup limit at high spatio-temporal resolution, (2) beach profile change including wave-by-wave changes in the swash zone, (3) detailed hydro and morphodynamic measurements around a developing and a translating sandbar.

DOI Link

10.1038/s41597-021-00805-1

Publication Date

2021-01-20

Publication Title

Scientific data

Volume

8

Issue

1

Acceptance Date

2020-12-14

Deposit Date

2021-12-02

Embargo Period

2021-02-13

Funding

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 654110, HYDRALAB+. P. Bayle and G. Hennessey are supported by a PhD scholarship through the EPSRC CDT in Water Informatics: Science & Engineering (WISE). A. Hunter and O. Bryan were supported by a University of Bath Alumni Fund grant. T. Baldock acknowledges support from the Australian Research Council through Discovery grant DP140101302. R.McCall and H. Rijper acknowledge funding provided by the “Hydro- and morphodynamics during extreme events” Deltares Strategic Research Program. The authors would like to thank Aaron Barrett and Jak McCarroll for their help with decommissioning the experiment and all staff at the GWK facility for their assistance before, during and after the DynaRev experiment.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Blenkinsopp, C., Bayle, P., Conley, D., Masselink, G., Gulson, E., Kelly, I., Almar, R., Turner, I., Baldock, T., Beuzen, T., McCall, R., Rijper, H., Reniers, A., Troch, P., Gallach-Sanchez, D., Hunter, A., Bryan, O., Hennessey, G., Ganderton, P., Tissier, M., Kudella, M., & Schimmels, S. (2021) 'High-resolution, large-scale laboratory measurements of a sandy beach and dynamic cobble berm revetment', Scientific data, 8(1). Available at: 10.1038/s41597-021-00805-1