Teachers and students of the team jointly organized and participated in the Symposium on Coastal Dynamics of Strong Sand Transport

The long-term evolution of strong sand transport coasts is mainly dominated by coastal sediment transport under wave action, and the huge amount of coastal sand transport (annual sand transport can reach 500~1,000,000 m3) makes harbor construction and protection management very difficult. In order to promote the deep integration of industry, academia, research and application, and to promote the cutting-edge research on strong sand transport along the coast, the Key Laboratory of Coastal Disaster and Protection of the Ministry of Education of Hohai University, the Joint Laboratory of China-Ghana Harbor Conservation and Development, and the Key Laboratory of Harbor Channel Sedimentation Engineering and Transportation Industry of Nanjing Research Institute of Water Resources jointly held a symposium on the dynamics of strong sand transport along the coast on July 28th.

At the meeting, Prof. Zheng Jinhai of the team made a keynote report entitled “Dynamic Characteristics of the West African Coast and the Practice of Port Engineering Trilateration”, sharing the innovative achievements of the team in recent years in the evolution of dynamic geomorphology of the West African coast and the construction of port engineering in terms of strong sand transport. Prof. Zhang Chi made a presentation entitled “Evolution of near-shore artificial sand dams and response of shoreline”, Prof. Sui Titi made a presentation entitled “Experimental study of wave-induced seabed dynamics taking into account the profile evolution”, and Associate Prof. Shi Jian made a presentation entitled “Global tropical cyclone waves and their response”. Associate Professor Jian Shi made a presentation on “Global Tropical Cyclone Wave Trend Study”, and Associate Professor Li Yuan made a presentation on “Experimental Study of Coral Beach Profile Evolution”. After the meeting, the faculty, team teachers and international students from Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria and other African countries and experts from Nanjing Institute of Water Resources Science and CCCC First Naval Engineering Survey and Design Institute had a lively discussion on the dynamic characteristics of strong sand transport coast, sediment movement mechanism, topography evolution law and key technologies of port and waterway construction, etc. This meeting is supported by the Key Special Project of Intergovernmental International Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation of National Key R&D Program (2023YFE0126300).