文档介绍：Coastlab12, 2012, Ghent, Belgium. Book of Abstracts of the Fourth International Conference on the Application of Physical Modelling to Port an d Coastal Protection. ISBN xxx-xxxx-xx-x PHYSICAL MODELLING OF WAVES INSIDE THE NEW HARBOUR OF OSTEND WAEL HASSAN (1), TOON VERWAEST (2) & MARC WILLEMS (3) (1) Researcher, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Berchemlei 115, Antwerp, 2140, Belgium. ******@g (2) Coardinator of Coast and Maritime Access research group, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Berchemlei 115, Antwerp, 2140, Belgium. ******@ (3) Researcher, Flanders Hydraulics Research, Berchemlei 115, Antwerp, 2140, Belgium. ******@ 1. Introduction Ostend is one of Belgium's most popular seaside res orts and its port provides an easy access to the ci ty. The harbour is located very close to the city center. T he old town is located at the west side of the harb our with a relatively low ground level (approx. equal to the m ean height of the sea level). A severe damage can t ake place at the nearby city area and nearby buildings by floodi ng of storm waves which can rate the harbour. The Flemish government has decided to protect the city from severe storms and to enlarge the harbour by a new design of the harbour access. It was decided