Not all of them. Some do more damage than harm when you consider the whole coastline. Some just shunt the erosion down the coast while others make the erosion worse where they are.
the cool thing i find about thia video is that you can clearly see how the coastal defences work and how effective they are, but in class, you learn about WHY even the most effective defences arent always used. despite that i remember hating when i had to write 8 markers about the social, cultural and economical(?) impacts 😭
The problem is beaches EXIST because of erosion. A sea wall may have stopped the beach eroding, but now you've essentially just turned it into reclaimed land. Given time plants would start to colonise the sand, forming first dunes, and eventually a meadow. That is if some developer didn't see it first and go "What a great site to build sea front property on!"
Well, that’s sort of the point. It isn’t a problem, it’s by design (not that Batman seems to know it). What’s really interesting is that you can actually see a sandy beach form during the first and second tests.
I prefer glass, concrete, and refined metals over plants and dunes. Gross, when I look at nature, I see an opportunity to remove those pesky things like wildlife, plants, and natural landscapes to build a nice Walmart, fast food chains, and weed shops. As well as casinos and brothels. All on top a think layer of asphalt, not a blade of grass in sight.
for the hollow break water, you need to alternate the beams. like for the gap in the front there needs to be no gap in the back or at least no gap directly behind, breakwaters are cheaper to make if hollow so i hope you implement this change in the future. . this way you can dissipate the energy better.
Although this seems very straightforward watching it here, I can't help but wonder the bright mind that come up with these ideas and implement them in real life. Engineering is amazing.
Thanks for this! I am going to do this with my students as our end of year project give the kids a bag of LEGOs and/or other building materials if I don't have enough for 35 groups.
Would love to see these "gray infrastructure" solutions compared with green infrastructure - salt marshes, mangroves, oyster reefs - the natural systems that are actually cost-effective for long-term coastal resilience, especially facing sea-level rise.
This sea wall design ive seen is very different to ones ive come across. They normally combine the last two to create a wall that has the shape of a curve, and it looks like a crashing wave. Its strong, secure, and the curve stops water going over. Although its considered by many pretty ugly
i feel like the ones that left holes in the bottom were a huge risk of sinkhole if the sand decides it isn’t feeling very gravitationally stable that day
I actually did this experiment myself with my own lego technics pieces. However mine was done in a 120 gallon tank and included a very intricate lego avatar build (which I had made custom). Good to know that great builders think alike. Brick on, my lego friend.
Nice video, just wild im writing my bachelor exam in civil engineering on this topic and the algorithm shows me this. We did physical model tests in a 3d wave basin to test the effect of different tipes on wave overtopping. To predict overtopping for föhr a small island in the North sea. We used a vertical wall behind a promenade, and a vertical wall with a wave return wall. The wave return wall (/bulnose) did reduce the average overtopping rate at least 70% along the shoreline.
That’s beautiful. Can I suggest you make a wide wave tank with multiple paddles. Then you can make curved wave fronts and freak monster waves and realistic sea states.
I'd also like to see how a non-sand-only beach would work. Most natural beaches aren't just sand or rock, but also quite a lot of beach grass that reinforces the sediment and reduces erosion overall. I wonder how you'd reproduce that with lego pieces...
Thanks for the last statement because I was continuously thinking that erosion will win in the end it always wins because it has time, and time is supreme.
I have been unexpectedly educated on the science of waves and erosion... I feel more intelligent now and will find ways to work this into polite conversation. Thank you.
Probably would've been better to limit the interaction between the wavemaker and protector by placing them further apart (much greater than the wavelength)
one this it doesn't cover is that the waves are typically hitting the beach at an offset angle. hence the perpendicular jetties for sand retention that are currently in use. personally I feel like either the mesh or stepped baffles should be buried a bit up the beach in order to prevent erosion after a certain point but also allow a degree of natural erosion/deposition while still retaining natural beauty
Best defense at all: Don't live on or near a beach. I can't say I've ever had to worry about waves where I live, because the nearest sea is the whole way across the state from me lol.
you say the least erosion but most of that was caused by water getting past either side where it didn't fill the entire width without that gap there would have been no erosion. a more curved version of that last wall a bit like a snow plow should be installed along all coastlines prone to severe flooding and tsunami.
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What you displayed with each INDIVIDUAL SYSTEM is the reason why these Systems are usually used in conjunction with one another.
Not all of them. Some do more damage than harm when you consider the whole coastline. Some just shunt the erosion down the coast while others make the erosion worse where they are.
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@@5starrsam I'm a Norseman.
@@5starrsam So that would be a No.
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This video literally taught me how beach erosion works and preventative methods to it better than 5 weeks of HASS class did
are you sure you were actually paying attention in class lmao
@@Wet-Milk fair
No
@@BMK45idk why the response was so funny, only way to respond
the cool thing i find about thia video is that you can clearly see how the coastal defences work and how effective they are, but in class, you learn about WHY even the most effective defences arent always used. despite that i remember hating when i had to write 8 markers about the social, cultural and economical(?) impacts 😭
This is seriously awesome and should be shown in environmental science classes. Would make a killer science project.
I appreciate the comment, thanks!
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I love how it goes from E=MC2 to BIG FUCKING WALL
So that useless PoS trump was partially right....
Build a wall, but for waves, not Mexicans
Just say
"Overengineered"
instead it makes u look like a clown to not only misuse but fucking MISWRITE E=mc² entirely
Материться научитесь!!!
On that day, humanity was sent a grim reminder...
@@GuyFawkes11"learn to swear" -guy fucks
Stops erosion, but Batmans leisurely day at the beach is now ruined by a massive wall. Holy crap view, Batman!
Batman is a man who appreciates the view of a great work of engineering, his hideout is inside of a cave that was painstakingly over-engineered
watched a man play with water and legos for 8 mins
Same
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Nuh uh @@5starrsam
And
play? sir this is professional experiment.
Can you imagine that a thief breaks into your house and finds that it is full of comically complex traps made with Lego?
The problem is beaches EXIST because of erosion. A sea wall may have stopped the beach eroding, but now you've essentially just turned it into reclaimed land. Given time plants would start to colonise the sand, forming first dunes, and eventually a meadow. That is if some developer didn't see it first and go "What a great site to build sea front property on!"
Well, that’s sort of the point. It isn’t a problem, it’s by design (not that Batman seems to know it). What’s really interesting is that you can actually see a sandy beach form during the first and second tests.
Bro there is a Batman Figure at the Beach maybe y take a bit To serious
Solution: mangroves will act as a buffer for tsunamis and large waves but does not completely stop them the off shore breaker is one manmade example
I prefer glass, concrete, and refined metals over plants and dunes. Gross, when I look at nature, I see an opportunity to remove those pesky things like wildlife, plants, and natural landscapes to build a nice Walmart, fast food chains, and weed shops. As well as casinos and brothels. All on top a think layer of asphalt, not a blade of grass in sight.
@@Kai...999 based and industrialpilled
pov the ducht when they predict a wave coming in 100 years
I knew there would be a comment about us😂 (I’m Dutch)
Wow! Nice! I also make lego military vehicles🥰
@@VALMOXnobody cares. Go seek attention somewhere.
@@pellut884 YES!!!!!!!!
@@VALMOXwhat kind of response is that??
Or consider the Dutch solution: simply get rid of the water and turn everything into more land.
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Flevoland😂
It’ll still erode tho, you should probably put something to defend those lands; litteraly from the water
@@jonathanwezgray1756 🤓
Not if you turn the water into land, duh… you don’t need to protect something from something that doesn’t exist anymore
for the hollow break water, you need to alternate the beams. like for the gap in the front there needs to be no gap in the back or at least no gap directly behind, breakwaters are cheaper to make if hollow so i hope you implement this change in the future. . this way you can dissipate the energy better.
thank you
Amazing video and really interesting. I reccomend changing the frequency of the paddle to get bigger waves
yeah, it’s sending a wave directly into another wave
destructive interference at its finest
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@@5starrsammy brother what? 😅
Its when your watching these type of videos you realise you need to do two things 1. Subscribe 2. go to bed
Yeah 😂
True
Nah how did u know
FRRRR
I got work tomorrow and I am watching this at 2 am
I genuinly expected the first sea wall design to work... guess u learn something new every day
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@@geodefence You still should.
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Although this seems very straightforward watching it here, I can't help but wonder the bright mind that come up with these ideas and implement them in real life. Engineering is amazing.
I imagine this is how coastal engineers test their ideas
Thanks for this! I am going to do this with my students as our end of year project give the kids a bag of LEGOs and/or other building materials if I don't have enough for 35 groups.
Ah great! Have fun!
Would love to see these "gray infrastructure" solutions compared with green infrastructure - salt marshes, mangroves, oyster reefs - the natural systems that are actually cost-effective for long-term coastal resilience, especially facing sea-level rise.
The main difference is that green solutions regens, while gray solutions does not
Thats what make them ultimately cost efficient
the problem is that green infrastructure doesn’t always go where we want, after all we are in a randomly generated world
@@jonathanwezgray1756yeah the seed is like 10384638303028169
*uses green legos next time*
It is a pleasure to observe the course of research thought! Try to develop the idea even more with the return of the wave.
It's nice that he also built the wave-"generator" out of lego, not just the sea defenses
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This sea wall design ive seen is very different to ones ive come across. They normally combine the last two to create a wall that has the shape of a curve, and it looks like a crashing wave. Its strong, secure, and the curve stops water going over. Although its considered by many pretty ugly
Ngl amazing video perfectly illustrates beach erosion solutions,should have more views❤
They’re using solutions already made and making them into Lego
@@turtlesrprettycool3379Duh. That's why OP said illustrates not inventing solutions
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When it’s 2am and you should sleep but you rather watch sea defence made with LEGO 🤦♂️
Same haha
2 am and waiting for a cab to the airport.
Same bro
i feel like the ones that left holes in the bottom were a huge risk of sinkhole if the sand decides it isn’t feeling very gravitationally stable that day
I actually did this experiment myself with my own lego technics pieces. However mine was done in a 120 gallon tank and included a very intricate lego avatar build (which I had made custom). Good to know that great builders think alike. Brick on, my lego friend.
Defense won: ❌ erosion won: ❌ time won: ✔
This is actually the most creative thing i have seen in a long while, good job, keep it up!
I've never seen Batman so relaxed at the beach...
Nice video, just wild im writing my bachelor exam in civil engineering on this topic and the algorithm shows me this. We did physical model tests in a 3d wave basin to test the effect of different tipes on wave overtopping. To predict overtopping for föhr a small island in the North sea. We used a vertical wall behind a promenade, and a vertical wall with a wave return wall. The wave return wall (/bulnose) did reduce the average overtopping rate at least 70% along the shoreline.
The beach when the erosion wins: BUT IN THE END, IT DOESN’T EVEN MATTER
As a sea coast protection engineer, I approve so much
I never even _thought_ about undercut. This taught me a lot more than I'd thought it would!
For once GCSE geography came in clutch with the knowledge
i walked in on my dad watching this and thought it was weird but i get it now
Merci pour ton travail Seb, genre vraiment
In conclusion build big wall
That baffle dissipator was awesome to watch. Awesome video!
Wonderful! Thank you for your work!
Thanks, I appreciate the support!
This is a great lesson in shore erosion and the methods of preventing it.
Excellent engineering being demonstrated, simple and fun with lego❤
So what I've learned is to put a halfpipe inbetween a beach and ocean
2:41 breakers are solid with none of those big gaps
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That’s beautiful. Can I suggest you make a wide wave tank with multiple paddles. Then you can make curved wave fronts and freak monster waves and realistic sea states.
Really awesome! 💜
Thanks!
Wish you had made a riprap with some wave dissipating blocks, like tetrapods
so many good points, i had to take notes!
Glad the video could be of assistance!
I'd also like to see how a non-sand-only beach would work. Most natural beaches aren't just sand or rock, but also quite a lot of beach grass that reinforces the sediment and reduces erosion overall. I wonder how you'd reproduce that with lego pieces...
How to turn a nice beach into a lifeless fortress)) Cool
This is the perfect lego channel
Thanks! I appreciate it!
Keep it up! Earned a sub :)
Thanks for the sub!
Thanks for the last statement because I was continuously thinking that erosion will win in the end it always wins because it has time, and time is supreme.
You’re absolutely right! Thanks for commenting!
I think the Dark Lord would be really pleased with all of these technical solutions. Well done sir.
The amount of time it must take you to make this stuff is insane .. Respect 💯
Hi, thanks for the comment! Yep - it's a long process!
Who would've thought the one without holes to let the force of the waves through would be the best
4:58 the waves getting baffled with this one
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Every other design is elaborate, then the most effective ones were walls.
This is exactly what I needed now
creative idea & good video. well done bro
Really have to appreciate what coral reefs did for islands.
Funfact: this is how we dutch actually make waterdefences (not lego but the idea is the same)
All on scale
so cool! I did a test on tsunamis once where I tested different levees and the return the wave worked best for me too.
I have been unexpectedly educated on the science of waves and erosion... I feel more intelligent now and will find ways to work this into polite conversation. Thank you.
Me thinking I’m smart this guy pulls up.
good video, i feel so comfortable watching this
Probably would've been better to limit the interaction between the wavemaker and protector by placing them further apart (much greater than the wavelength)
Bigger tank needed
no idea how i ended up here but i was watching lego for 8 mins
I wish I could build as goood as this guy.
Nah my man be making my day thanks..
love the fact that you're teaching somehow
Batman deserved a better day at the beach
one this it doesn't cover is that the waves are typically hitting the beach at an offset angle. hence the perpendicular jetties for sand retention that are currently in use.
personally I feel like either the mesh or stepped baffles should be buried a bit up the beach in order to prevent erosion after a certain point but also allow a degree of natural erosion/deposition while still retaining natural beauty
1:36 bro yoinked the beach
The moral of this story is, build all sea defenses with Lego :-)
I agree!
Thank you for using real LEGO bricks!
You're welcome!
This really is an amazing video, bravo.
Thanks for the comment! I appreciate it!
America infrastructure could learn from this guy
Yeah 😂
New idea: dam defence testing
"That wall just got 10 feet higher"
Lego should make this an official set.
omg! the waves looks so realistic! and how it make the beach! very cool
your video brightened my day, thanks for the positivity!
I’m glad it helped! Thanks for commenting !
Imagine going to the beach and seeing a “wave return wall” on the shore.
Best defense at all: Don't live on or near a beach. I can't say I've ever had to worry about waves where I live, because the nearest sea is the whole way across the state from me lol.
Who'd have thought that a solid wall that was built taller would protect the beach from erosion 🤯
As a Dutch person I can kind of approve of this video
5:53 Trump no longer likes water
Achievement made: "return to sender"
you say the least erosion but most of that was caused by water getting past either side where it didn't fill the entire width without that gap there would have been no erosion. a more curved version of that last wall a bit like a snow plow should be installed along all coastlines prone to severe flooding and tsunami.
if youre building a revetment may as well make huge concrete stairs
The sea:
Batman: “I’m Batman!”
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best idea
Wave return wall be like an uno reverse card
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One question:
*What about cleaning those lego bricks?*
It took some time….
@@BuilditwithBricks ohhh okay
Man arrested for making a nuke with legos
Bro is underrated
You should try building the beach outside of the tank.
This is very cool 🎉