Hydralab III SANDS Data set

The data set here presented reports the SANDS experiments done in the Barcelona CIEM flume. This experiment was part of the SANDS project that had the aims of :

Improve the scaling and analysis procedures and achieve more "repeatable" and compatible movable bed tests (with known error bounds).

Innovate data capture and analysis using advanced optical and acoustic non intrusive probes.

Develop new protocols for the design and interpretation of the movable bed test results.

The experiments here presented were done at the CIEM wave flume (Canal d'Investigació i Experimentació Marítima) in Barcelona. The experiments started with an artificial hand made 1/15 slope and included 47 tests with Erosive time series (Hs = 0.53 m and Tp= 4.14 s) and 35 tests Accretive time series  (Hs = 0.32 m and Tp=5.44 s).

More information on published publications:

Sánchez-Arcilla, A., Cáceres, I., Van Rijn, L. and Grüne, J., 2011. Revisiting mobile bed tests for beach profile dynamics. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 58, pp. 583-593.

Alsina, J. and Cáceres, I., 2011. Sediment suspension events in the inner surf and swash zone. Measurements in large-scale and high energy wave conditions. Coastal Engineering, Vol. 58, pp. 657-670.