The WRL has outstanding capabilities for research, testing, and education in coastal engineering and related areas. Example of projects include:
  
     
 

Wave–Structure Interaction

  • Coastal structure stability and performance

  • Wave runup and overtopping of coastal structures

  • Floating breakwaters and mooring systems

  • Vessel wake – structure interaction

  • Design codes for coastal buildings and infrastructure
  

Nearshore Hydrodynamics

  • Wave transformation

  • Wave breaking and surf zone turbulence

  • Swash dynamics

  • Longshore currents and Undertow

  • Multiphase flow

  
     
 

Sediment Suspension and Transport

  • Initiation of sediment suspension

  • Cross-shore and longshore sediment transport

  • Longshore sediment transport

  • Cohesive sediment transport

  • Scour around piles and seawalls

  

Tsunami Research

  • Landslide generated tsunami

  • Tsunami runup and overland flow

  • Tsunami-structure interaction

Environmental Fluid Mechanics

  • Transport and mixing in the nearshore

  • Bottom boundary layer dynamics

  • Outfalls in waves and currents