Coastal Hydraulics / Geomorphology

Other Contacts:

Dr. Colin Fyfe
(Ph.D., B.Eng.)
Hydrogeologist

Dan Jarratt
(B.S., P.Eng.)
Manager, Atmospheric and Site Assessment

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Service Description

Rescan engineers and scientists have extensive experience in different aspects of coastal hydraulics and engineering, coastal geomorphology and coastal zone management.

  • Physical oceanographic characterization of estuaries, coasts and coastal oceans, and instrumentation and services that include field measurements, analysis and interpretation of:
    • tide
    • bathymetry
    • ocean currents
    • wave parameters
    • suspended and bottom sediments
    • CTD profiling of water column structure
  • Applications of Matlab script and other standard software for tidal analysis and prediction, and other oceanographic data reduction and analysis
  • Diffuser optimization and ocean outfall design together with effluent dilution modeling
  • Hydrodynamic and scour stability of submarine pipelines
  • Coastal protection works
  • Coastal process studies
  • Shoreline management planning
  • Sediment budget and management
  • Coastal zone management
  • Pipeline hydraulics, transient analysis and loss evaluation
  • Numerical modeling in environmental analysis, engineering design, analysis and impacts evaluation

The team has a long list of successful projects all around the world where a cost-effective solution is provided to the satisfaction of clients.