Rolien van der Mark
Expert on navigability of inland waterways
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Rolien.vanderMark@deltares.nl LinkedIn profileDr. ir. C.F. (Rolien) van der Mark is adviser-researcher in the field of navigability of inland waterways. She has developed and applied her knowledge in projects on future large scale bed levels, bed and bank stability, ship-induced flows and maintenance dredging. She is responsible for the portfolio and strategic research on “Inland waterways” within the Programme Ports and Waterways.
Her areas of expertise are:
– Navigability of inland waterways
– River morphodynamics and hydrodynamics
– River engineering
– River bedforms
– Bank erosion
– Numerical modelling
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Working experience
| 2009-present | Deltares | Adviser - researcher |
| 2004-2009 | University of Twente | PhD-student |
| 2004 | University of Twente | Research assistant |
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Measurement campaign in the Juliana Canal to analyze the stability of the gravel bed against future hydraulic loads by larger and deeper loaded vessels.
The Netherlands, 2014 – present
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Advice on future sediment management of Rhine Meuse Delta by performing analyses on sediment balances, large scale morphology, erosion pits, subsoil characteristics.
The Netherlands, 2013 – present
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Pilot on cooperative depth measurements by and for inland navigation. Development of a system for analysing and sharing underkeel-clearance data measured by vessels for more efficient use of inland waterways.
The Netherlands, 2013 – present
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Analysis of the effect of deepening the Nieuwe Waterweg on navigation channel maintenance.
The Netherlands, 2013 – present
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Development of methodology to predict a representative future minimum bed level, which is relevant for cables, tunnels, etc underneath rivers
The Netherlands, 2013 – present
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Development of an operational model system that determines water depths, flow velocities and vertical clearance at bridges for the benefit of inland shipping.
The Netherlands, 2012 – 2013
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Development of an advice on (long-term) sediment management strategies for the river Lek, incorporating subsoil characteristics, bank and dike stability, past and expected river bed evolution.
The Netherlands, 2011 – 2012
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Assessment on the morphological effects (bed levels, fairway maintenance) of measures for Water Framework Directive along the river IJssel. Measures include removal of bank revetments and development of ecological side channels.
The Netherlands, 2011 – 2013
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. Development of a rapid assessment tool (WAQBANK) to predict bank erosion and expected eroded volume that is applicable to the Dutch Rhine rivers.
The Netherlands, 2010 – 2012
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Nautical Analysis and analysis on the impact of container ships on bed and banks of the Gouwe Canal using expert knowledge on ship-induced water flows.
The Netherlands, 2010 – 2011
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Development of a sediment management tool for navigation channel maintenance
2012
PIANC World Congress San Francisco, USA. -
FEWS-Waterways: tool for sharing data between inland stakeholders
2014
PIANC World Congress San Francisco, USA. -
Effects of helical flow in one-dimensional modelling of sediment distribution at river bifurcations
2013
Earth Surf. Process. Landforms 38, 502–511 (2013) -
Prediction of water depth, flow velocity, and clearance for optimizing inland water transport using a system of hydrodynamic and morphodynamic models
2013
PIANC Smart Rivers 2013 -
Analysis of expected bed levels in the Lek (in Dutch)
2013
Land+Water nr 4 -
A method for systematic assessment of the morphodynamic response to removal of bank protection
2012
River Flow 2012, Proc. International Conference on Fluvial Hydraulics, Costa Rica -
An analytically-based form drag model for river dunes
2009
in Proc. 6th IAHR symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, Santa Fe, Argentina. -
Quantification of variability in bedform geometry
2008
J. Geophys. Res., 113, F03020, doi:10.1029/2007JF000940. -
Sea bed sand waves studied to help pipeline planners
2008
Pipeline Gas J., 235 (4), 78-81. -
A new and widely applicable tool for determining the geometric properties of bedforms
2007
ISSN 1568-4652, University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands