Paul van Steeg
Paul van Steeg M.Sc. is working in the field of coastal structures and waves with a focus on wave impacts, wave overtopping and stability of dikes covers under wave attack (grass, block revetments, rock armour, and innovative solutions). Paul has a strong affiliation with small scale and large scale physical modelling in several wave flumes such as the Deltares Delta Flume. Recently he was the leading developer of the so-called wave impact generator; a special designed machine that can be placed on a grass dike and which can simulate wave impacts.
Many of the research projects are carried within Dutch research projects but also on a commercial basis for clients such as Rijkswaterstaat, Waterboards, small and medium enterprises, large consultancy firms or contractors.
Working experience
| 2007 - present | Deltares | Researcher and advisor Coastal Structures and Waves |
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Vulnerability of transitions in grass slopes
2013-present
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Development and application of wave impact generator in the field to test grass slopes under wave impacts
2011-2014
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Physical model testing of grass dikes (Delta Flume)
2013
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Physical model testing of roughness and wave impact pressures of stair shaped revetment under wave attack
2012 - 2014
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Assessment (geavanceerde toetsmethode) of block revetments
2012
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Physical model testing of wave damping ecological solutions (floating brushwood mattresses and floating mussel structures).
2010
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Large scale physical modeling of geotextile tubes and geotextile containers (Delta Flume)
2009-2011
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Large scale physical model testing of several block revetments (Delta Flume)
2008 - 2014
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Physical model testing of several rubble mound structures (2D and 3D, stability and wave overtopping)
2008-present
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Deltares research program ‘Innovative concepts water retaining structures’
2008-2011
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Design of wave impact generator to test stability of grass slopes under wave attack.
2014
P. van Steeg, M. Klein Breteler, A. Labrujere, Coastlab 2014, 29 Sep. - 2 Oct. 2014 , Varna, Bulgaria (in press) -
Use of wave impact generator and wave flume to determine strength of outer slopes of grass dikes under wave loads.
2014
P. van Steeg, M. Klein Breteler, A Labrujere. 34th Int. Conf. on Coastal Engineering, Seoul, 15-20 June 2014 (in press) -
Simulators as hydraulic test facilities at dikes and other coastal structures.
2013
G.J. Steendam, J. van der Meer, P. van Steeg, A. van Hoven, G. van der Meer. Proc. ICE, Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2013, Edinburgh, UK. -
Organism traits determine the strength of scale-dependent bio-geomorphic feedbacks: A flume study on three intertidal plant species
2012
Bouma, T.J., Temmerman, S., van Duren, L.A., Martini, E., Vandenbruwaene, W., Callaghan, D.P., Balke, T., Biermans, G., Klaassen, P.C., van Steeg, P., Dekker, F., van de Koppel, J., de Vries, M.B., Herman, P.M.J., Elsevier, Geomorphology Vol. 180-181 p. 57-65 -
“Large-scale physical model test on sand filled geotextile tubes and containers under wave attack”
2011
Van Steeg, P. Vastenburg, E., Bezuijen, A., Zengerink. E., de Gijt, J., 6th International Conference on Coastal Structures, Yokohama, Japan, 5-9 September, 2011 -
Large scale physical model tests on the stability of geotextile tubes and containers
2010
Van Steeg, P. and Bezuijen, A.,9th International Conference of Geotextiles, Proc. 9th Int. conf. on Geotextiles, May 2010
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Integrated European Experimental Hydraulic Research within HYDRALAB III
2010
Van Steeg, P. and van Schijndel, S.A.H., 1st European IAHR Congress, Edinburgh, 4-6 May 2010