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In the MUSA-research project, a consortium* of contractors, consultants and research organizations join joined forces to increase the understanding of the dynamics of sand-mud mixtures through flume tests and field measurements. The developed knowledge, insights and data will be have been incorporated in engineering tools and in numerical modelling software. The four-year project (2020-2023) consists consisted of the following activities:
▪ Literature analysis
▪ Laboratory experiments
▪ Field measurements
▪ Development and improvement of formulations on sand-mud dynamics
▪ Development of engineering tools
▪ Implementation of formulations in numerical software Numerical modelling
▪ Synthesis
▪ Engineering tools
▪ Database
All deliverables can be found here.
The project started in May 2020 and will end at the end of 2023. In the current stage of the project (Summer 2022), multiple activities are going on: the laboratory experiments are being processed and reported by WaterProof and HR Wallingford, field experiments are carried out in de Wadden Sea and the first analyses by Leo van Rijn and Deltares are starting up.ends at March 1, 2024.
* the TKI-MUSA consortium consists of WaterProof, Leo van Rijn Sediment Consultancy (LVRS), Jan de Nul, DEME, Boskalis, HR Wallingford, DHI, Royal HaskoningDHV, Arcadis and Deltares.
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