gerd, ian and paul look on as the first few waves get sent down the flume

orthorectified view from the gantry

Vla Flip - the perfect Dutch dessert

place a banana in the centre of a bowl and empty vanilla custard (vanille vla) one one side of it, and yoghurt on the other. Top with strawberry syrup and plenty of slagroom royale (see photo). Make sure the slagroom royale has plenty of stevig! Topping with 'halfwit' sugar is optional

thats the way to move gravel!

gerd and martin get a chance to break out of their namby-pamby academic existence and muscle in with the real men!

this project is all about the pumps - this photo is about 700 cubic metres per hour!!!

The super swash rig

looking towards the lagoon, from the west side of the flume

Meet the team (well, as of 23rd June -it changes all the time!)

from left to right: Ian Turner (UNSW), Dan Buscombe (UoP), Peter Ganderton (UoP), Martin Austin (UoP), Jon Williams (UoP), and Hoff Masselink (UoP)

The first set of waves, as viewed from the overhead gantry

All the benefits of the laboratory, at the scale of the field

Nice artwork Jon!

first tests

The first tests with waves are currently underway. We are testing the paddle with a series of 50cm waves, then 80cm, then 1m. We are then sending 2000 waves of JONSWAP spectrum Hs=1, Tm=3.75 (Tp=4.5) with eta=2.5m (SWL condition). The waves will be 'turned off' after set numbers of waves for barrier re-profiling and instrument position sets

Yesterday the tests were water levels only. The Delft technicians worked on their pumping routine in order to keep the water levels steady simultaneously on both the lagoon and ocean side. After looking at the data last night there were a few issues with their instrument conventions and set up which we have spent the morning resolving with them. So far, we are all happy and things are going well.

Ian T leaves in about 10 minutes, so Ian - keep watcdhing this space for updates!!

Desert Island Discs

Ian
1. Crash - Dave Matthew's Band
2. Telemann - ViolaConcerto (2nd & 3rd movements)
3. Police - walking on the moon
4. Eurthymics - talking to an angel
5. Lloyd webber and Rice - close every door

Barrier Dynamics Experiment

BARDEX, June-July 2008