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Hydraulics and Environment Department Hydraulics and Environment Department
Estuaries and Coastal Zone Unit
Estuaries and Coastal Zone Unit

Infrastructures

The division includes an experimental facility for cohesive sediment studies.

Experimental Facility for Cohesive Sediment Studies

Cohesive sediments are mixtures of fine sediment fractions (clay and silt) and organic matter, present in many estuaries. The ability to predict the transport of cohesive sediment is important in the development of harbour infrastructure and in environmental studies. The Experimental Facility for Cohesive Sediment Studies has been developed in order to improve the understanding and prediction of erosion, transport, deposition and consolidation processes.

Main equipment
Particle size analyzer Particle size analyzer
Set-up for consolidation tests Set-up for consolidation tests
Settling column Settling column
Annular flume Annular flume

Other equipment

Field equipment
Current meters and pressure sensors Current meters and pressure sensors
Differential GPS Differential GPS
Multiparameter sondes Multiparameter sondes
Current profiler (ADCP) Current profiler (ADCP)