Conference Agenda

4:15pm - 4:30pm

Role of wave-induced oscillatory motions in developpment of sandy-muddy transitional beaches on South China Coasts

Yuan Li¹, Chi Zhang¹, Shaohua Zhao², Hongshuai Qi²

¹Hohai University; ²Third Institute of Oceanography

4:30pm - 4:45pm

The effects of regular and irregular waves on the evolution of a submerged berm in a low-energy beach

Yi Pan

Hohai University

4:45pm - 5:00pm

Observations of vortex-induced pressure forces acting on sand grains over ripples

Donya Frank-Gilchrist¹, Margaret Palmsten¹, Allison Penko², Joseph Calantoni³

¹United States Geological Survey, United States of America; ²United States Naval Research Laboratory, United States of America; ³Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, United States of America

5:00pm - 5:15pm

Sandy beach dynamics in atoll environments under oblique low energy waves and sea level rise: a case study in Addu City, the Maldives

David Heineke¹, Dennis van Kester², Bart-Jan van der Spek¹, Stijn Dijsselbloem¹, Leon Brok¹, Nils van der Ent²

¹CDR International; ²Van Oord

5:15pm - 5:30pm

The relative contributions of wave power and sea level to coastal erosion in reef-fronted sandy beaches

Thalles Araujo, Jeff Hansen, Michael Cuttler, Ryan Lowe

University of Western Australia