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Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium (MOW-WL)
https://www.waterbouwkundiglaboratorium.be/ [ photogallery ]

English name: Flanders Hydraulics
Previous name: Administratie Waterwegen en Zeewezen; Afdeling Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium en Hydrologisch Onderzoek (AWZ-WLH), more

Thesaurus terms (53) : Breakwaters; Coast defences; Consolidation; Density flow; Eco-hydraulics; Embankments; Flood control; Flood forecasting; Flood plains; Harbour installations; Harbour models; Harbour structures; Harbours; Hydraulic engineering; Hydraulic models; Hydraulic structures; Hydrodynamics; Hydrology; Hydrometry; In situ measurements; Information services; Jetties; Manoeuvrability; Maritime structures; Mathematical models; Navigational channels; Overtopping; Port installations; River basin management; River engineering; River morphology; Runoff; Saline intrusion; Scale models; Sediment transport; Sedimentology; Ship locks; Ship motion; Shipping; Ships; Simulation; Theoretical nautical knowledge; Tidal models; Tides; Towing tanks; Water level measurement; Waterway design; Wave climate; Wave data; Wave diffraction; Wave forces; Wave tanks; Weirs
MRG keywords (5) : Coastal defence; Construction; Geophysics; Hydrodynamics; Sediment mechanics/dynamics
Geographical terms (4) : ANE, Belgium, Belgian Coast [Marine Regions]; ANE, Netherlands, Westerschelde [Marine Regions]; ANE, North Sea [Marine Regions]; Belgium, Zeeschelde [Marine Regions]
Address:
Berchemlei 115
2140 Antwerpen (Borgerhout)
Belgium

Tel.: +32-(0)3-224 60 35
E-mail:
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Type: Scientific

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Abstract:
Flanders Hydraulics was founded in 1933, and was initially part of the 'Antwerpse Zeediensten' until 1945. In this year, the institute became a separate research department under the Ministry of Public Works, Administration Waterways and Marine Affairs. In 1989, this entity was integrated in the Ministry of the Flemish Community, which included the merging of Flanders Hydraulics Research with the department of Hydrological Research. Since 2006, the laboratory is a division of the Technical Support Services of the department of Mobility and Public Works of the Flemish government.

Flanders Hydraulics Research is active within five research fields:
  • coastal protection;
  • harbours and waterways;
  • water management;
  • hydraulic structures;
  • hydraulics and sediment.


The research of the laboratory is targeted at three main topics:
  • safe and smooth manoeuvring of ships in Flemish ports and on Flemish inland waters;
  • optimisation of hydraulic constructions (ports, locks, dams, dikes, weirs);
  • developing efficient measures to control exceptional water levels in rivers.


More specifically, the group performs hydraulic and nautical studies for hydraulic constructions, harbours, rivers, the coast and the environment. The hydrodynamic regime of important non-tidal rivers and canals is also studied, and the laboratory also performs studies which are highly relevant for the management of waterways. The laboratory manages the hydrological monitoring network, is charged with flood risk warning in Flanders, carries out assignments for the agency for Maritime and Coastal Services and performs similar assignments for other Belgian and foreign governmental services as well as for private companies.

Flanders Hydraulics Research disposes of a wide range of research infrastructure, from physical models (wave flume, wave basin, multifunctional test basin, towing tank, current flume, Scheldt and Zeebrugge model), ship simulators, a sediment laboratory to its own applied software. The laboratory also participates in several projects with both Belgian and foreign universities and institutes, with an emphasis on cross-border collaboration regarding the Scheldt estuary.

Projects (43)  Top | Persons 
  • 2Dh model van het Zeescheldebekken volgens Domein Decompositie principe Technisch-wetenschappelijke bijstand bij koppeling, calibratie en studie (YM), more
  • Analyse en aanpak van morfologische studies voor de Belgische Kustzone, more
  • BENCORE: Belgian Network for Coastal Reseach, more
  • CLASH: Crest Level Assessment of coastal Structures by full scale monitoring, neural network prediction and Hazoa analysis on permissible wave overtopping, more
  • CLIMAR: Evaluation of climate change impacts and adaptation responses for marine activities, more
  • De opening van de Visartsluis in Zeebrugge geïntegreerd nautisch onderzoek, more
  • Determination nautical bottom in muddy areas, more
  • Development of a sediment monitoring network for the Scheldt Bassin, more
  • Effecten van een mogelijke klimaatverandering op het zeespiegelniveau, de rivierafvoer en de frequentie van stormen en hoogwaters - Literatuurstudie, more
  • Feasibility study of two dimensional nutrient and sediment transport modelling for the Scheldt bassin and the controled inundation area Kruibeke-Bazel-Rupelmonde, more
  • FISHGUARD: Impact assessment and remediation of anthropogenic interventions on fish populations, more
  • Hydrodynamica en sediment transport. Fundamentele aspecten bij een duurzaam beheer van zandige kustzones, more
  • Integrale verkenningsstudie voor de Schelde, more
  • Integratie hydrologische meetnetten, more
  • Kustverdediging Knokke-Zoute, more
  • Leveren numeriek Noordzeemodel voor stroming en golven, more
  • Maritieme toegang tot de haven van Antwerpen - Studie densiteitstromingen in kader van LTV (O&M), more
  • Methodologie voor simuleren van de waterafvoer van bevaarbare waterlopen, more
  • Methodology for low tide strategies, more
  • Model of the coast and the Schelde estuary, more
  • OMES 1 Main: Research on the environmental effects of the SIGMA plan, more
  • OMES 1: Hydrodynamica, more
  • Onderzoek naar invloed van exogene factoren op de morfologische dynamiek van het estuarium. - LTV-Westerschelde-cluster morfologie, more
  • Onderzoek naar roerkracht in open water, more
  • Ontwikkelen mathematisch manoeuvreermodel, more
  • Oostende nieuwe haventoegang: eigen numerieke modellering, more
  • Oostende nieuwe haventoegang: golfgootonderzoek, more
  • Oostende nieuwe haventoegang: nautisch onderzoek, more
  • Opmaak golfdatabank, more
  • OPTICREST: The Optimisation of Crest Level Design of Sloping Coastal Structures through Prototype Monitoring and Modelling, more
  • Quest4D: Quantification of Erosion and Sedimentation patterns to Trace the natural versus anthropogenic sediment dynamics, more
  • SAFECOAST: Sustainable Coastal Risk Management in 2050, more
  • Studie densiteitsstromingen in kader van de Lange Termijnvisie voor het Schelde-estuarium, more
  • Studie naar alternatieve bagger-en stortstrategieën met oog op manipulatie toekomstige morfologie van de Westerschelde, more
  • Studie naar de interactie tussen schepen, more
  • Studie neervorming in Haven van Oostende, more
  • Vismigratie op de IJzer ter hoogte van het sluizencomplex de Ganzepoot te Nieuwpoort - Onderzoek zoutintrusie, more
  • Voorhaven Zeebrugge - Nautische bodem, more
  • Wave database for the Flemish coast, more
  • Westerschelde physical modelling studies about the influence of impoldering on dredging, more
  • Westerschelde vergunning onderhoudsbaggerwerken, more
  • Wiskundig model van de Schelde, more
  • Zeeschelde. Actualisatie Sigmaplan. Invloed van bijkomende overstromingsgebieden en een hoog stormtij. Rapport : februari 2000, more

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