The following documents can be downloaded
via the links below. You will need freely available
Adobe Acrobat viewer to read most of these files...
Newsletter files with current & historic information on BD are available for download from the next page (Footprints newsletter).
BeachWatertableDewatering RCEM2005.pdf (706Kb, 10 pages):
This paper was presented at the 7th IAHR Congress in October 2005. It describes preliminary results from the monitoring of 1 of 2 BD systems installed on the French Mediterranean coast.
The new Beach Management System at Lido Adriano.pdf (290Kb, 5 pages): Report from Footprints03 - a more legible version.
Shoregro
Technology Introduction.pdf (516Kb, 5 pages):
A general introduction to beach drainage processes.
This includes project information requirements for feasibility
assessment and system design; a description of typical
project elements and the design process.
BD module list.pdf (17Kb, 3
pages):
A table listing all known BD installations including
some technical details.
BD
History (1940-1995).pdf (44Kb, 3 pages):
Please also refer to the BD history page which provides
some additional information since 1995.
BD
Reference List.pdf (58Kb, 6 pages):
This Reference List has been compiled from a number
of other published reference lists. The specific relevance
of each item to beach drainage technology has not been
verified. The list has been sorted by year but can be
made available sorted by Author, upon request. Copies
of some of these documents are also available upon request.
Shoregro
personnel profile.pdf (329Kb, 2 pages)
HV-BD-environment.pdf (41Kb, 3 pages):
A document from Hans Vesterby discussing environmental
issues related to BD including downstream impacts, wind
erosion /accretion and flora & fauna.
HV-BD-wave
climate.pdf (34Kb, 2 pages):
A technical paper that describes the inter-relationship
of waves with beach erosion and beach drainage technology.
HV-BD-tidal
dynamics.pdf (33Kb, 2pages):
A technical paper that describes the inter-relationship
of tides with beach drainage technology.
BD
paper - ICS2000, Rotorua, NZ.pdf (1,014Kb, 7pages):
Technical paper presented by Hans Vesterby at the International
Coastal Symposium 2000, Rotorua, New Zealand, 24 to
28 April 2000. “Modelling Groundwater Flow in
Beach Profiles for Optimising Stabilising Measures”
Beach
erosion option comparison (XLS, 40Kb):
This is a spreadsheet version of the table shown in
the Shoregro Technology Introduction.pdf, above. A rather
unscientific comparison but you are welcome to manipulate
the figures! |
