About Me
Employment record
Sept 2017-Present University of Twente (UT) PhD student, Experimental study on wave-overtopping erosion of flood defences
Education background
- Sept 2014-Jun 2017 Hohai University(HHU), Nanjing, China, Master of Engineering in Harbor, Coastal and Offshore Engineering
- Sept 2010-Jun 2014 Bachelor of Engineering in Harbor, Waterway and Coastal Engineering
Expertise
Earth & Environmental Sciences
# Berm
# Defense
# Dike
# Overtopping
# Roughness
# Wave Modeling
Engineering & Materials Science
# Levees
# Surface Roughness
Research
The research project focuses on the wave-overtopping erosion of flood defences, which is affiliated with Project D3 of All-Risk program. Most dikes failed as a result of inner slope protection or the crest of dike being eroded. Erosion failure of a dike cover may initiate dike breach. The evolution of dike cover erosion is highly uncertain. Prior research showed that transitions, such as poles, stairs, fences, buildings, appear to be weak spots in the flood defence systems. They still receive limited attention in current methods for design and assessment in Netherlands and other countries. Therefore, the objective of the project is to investigate the influence of transitions on erosion development of slope covers by conducting large-scale experiments.
Publications
Recent
Chen, W.
, van der Werf, J. J.
, & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2024).
Practical modelling of sand transport and beach profile evolution in the swash zone.
Coastal engineering,
191, Article 104514.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.coastaleng.2024.104514
van der Werf, J.
, Dionísio António, S.
, Kranenborg, J.
, Chen, W.
, Campmans, G.
, Horstman, E., Reniers, A.
, & Hulscher, S. (2023).
Shaping the beach: Cross-shore sand transport in the swash zone. In
Coastal Sediments 2023 (pp. 1923-1932)
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811275135_0176
Chen, W.
, Van der Werf, J. J.
, & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2023).
Evaluation of existing practical models of cross-shore sand transport in the Swash Zone. In
Coastal Sediments 2023 (pp. 282-295)
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811275135_0025
Chen, W.
, Van der werf, J. J.
, & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2023).
A review of practical models of sand transport in the swash zone.
Earth-science reviews,
238, Article 104355.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2023.104355
Chen, W.
, Warmink, J. J., van Gent, M. R. A.
, & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2022).
Numerical modelling of overtopping flow velocity and layer thickness at the waterside edge of the dike crest. In M. Ortega-Sánchez (Ed.),
Proceedings 39th IAHR World Congress, 19-24 June 2022, Granada, Spain IAHR.
https://cmswebonline.com/iahr2022/epro/pdf/06-03-008-610.pdf
Barendse, L.
, van Bergeijk, V. M.
, Chen, W.
, Warmink, J. J., Mughal, A., Hill, D.
, & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2022).
Hydrodynamic Modelling of Wave Overtopping over a Block-Covered Flood Defence.
Journal of marine science and engineering,
10(1), Article 89.
https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10010089
Chen, W.
, Warmink, J. J., Van Gent, M. R. A.
, & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2022).
Numerical investigation of the effects of roughness, a berm and oblique waves on wave overtopping processes at dikes.
Applied ocean research,
118, Article 102971.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apor.2021.102971
Chen, W. (2021).
The influence of berms, roughness and oblique waves on wave overtopping at dikes. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente.
https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036553001
Warmink, J. J.
, van Bergeijk, V. M.
, Chen, W., van Gent, M. R. A.
, & Hulscher, S. J. M. H. (2021).
Modelling highly turbulent wave overtopping flows over flood defences. In
Annual Report & Research Programme 2019 J.M. Burgerscentrum (pp. 29-31). JM Burgerscentrum.
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Drienerlolaan 5
7522 NB Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands