Breaching of sea dikes initiated from the seaside by breaking wave impacts [Elektronische Ressource] / by Grzegorz Stanczak

Breaching of sea dikes initiated from the seaside by breaking wave impacts Dissertation submitted to and approved by the Faculty of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences University of Braunschweig – Institute of Technology and the Faculty of Engineering University of Florence in candidacy for the degree of a Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.) / *)Dottore di Ricerca in Risk Management on the Built Environment by Grzegorz Stanczak Born 24.03.1980 from Szczecin, Poland Submitted on 17 March 2008 Oral examination on 29 May 2008 Professorial advisors Prof. Hocine Oumeraci Prof. Pierluigi Aminti 2008 *) Either the German or the Italian form of the title may be used. The researches described in the following thesis were performed during my stay on twouniversities: Technische Universität Braunschweig (Germany) and Universita degli Studi diFirenze (Italy) in the frames of the International Graduate College GRK802.First of all, I would like to thank my two tutors: prof. Hocine Oumeraci and prof. PierluigiAminti for their continuous support and inspiration. I am very grateful to my co workers inthe frames of the FloodSite project: Andreas Kortenhaus, Claudia D’Eliso and Peter Geisen hainer for the numerous discussions we had and for the time we spent together on conferencesand meetings.