How to deal with density driven forces on ships navigating through the new sea lock IJmuiden, the biggest sea lock on earth(!)?
Deltares has performed scale model experiments in-house to assess the operation of the biggest sea lock in the world. This enormous new sea lock at IJmuiden (500m x 70m) has been built to deal with the increasing socio-economic demand for larger ship. However, to design a record breaking sea lock it is necessary to assess the operation of the lock for it to remain safe and to satisfy to the desires. Faster lock operation allows ships to pass more rapidly, meaning more economic profit. However, this operation is limited by the presence of forces on the ships and mooring lines. These forces originate from the flushing of salt water, with a higher density, into the fresh lock chamber for the levelling operation. Nino Zuiderwijk (Junior advisor/research Hydraulic structures) will show you in an interesting hour how it is to work at Deltares on projects like these. He will show additional examples of scale model experiments that are being performed at Deltares as well as projects related to his field of work, hydraulic structures.
