Designing resilient nature-based coastal protection on mobile seabeds. Sea-level rise and increasing extreme storm events have accelerated demand for artificial reefs to protect against coastal floodi

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Designing resilient nature-based coastal protection on mobile seabeds. Sea-level rise and increasing extreme storm events have accelerated demand for artificial reefs to protect against coastal flooding and erosion, with significant research effort being focused on how modular reefs can be optimally configured to attenuate waves and provide marine habitat. Much of this work has, however, ignored the fact that reefs are susceptible to local scour and settlement over time, which can adversely affect their wave attenuation and ecological performance, and may damage surrounding habitat. To enable resilient design, this project will use novel experiments and field observations to develop validated approaches to predict and mitigate local scour of modular reefs, supporting development of new design guidelines.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4015 - Maritime Engineering. Lead: Prof Scott Draper