Here is a model I made of a beach. It was based on a talk by Alan Brampton at HR Wallingford. Alan explained how various sizes of particles in beaches are moved around by the action of the waves pumping the wet aggregate of sand pebble and rocks. […]

The whole point of these models was to find out if it was plausible for manila clam larvae to move with the tides all the way from Poole Harbour to Southampton Water. Manila clam were introduced into Poole Harbour by the government to create a new fishery. They […]

This was a model that I made of the water movements within Teddington weir pool. The main question was whether opening one small gate in the weir gate array would cause erosion of a gravel bank at the neck of the pool. It seemed reasonably unlikely that such […]