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Research

With their more than 40 years of experience, BM SUMER consultants are at the forefront of the fundamental and applied research in Coastal, Offshore, Hydraulic, River, Environmental, and Marine Civil Engineering. BM SUMER consultants are proud of the strong feedback mechanism between their research and the consultancy; the research feeds into the consultancy, and the consultancy feeds into the research.

In BM SUMER consultants’ research, attention is always concentrated on the clear understanding of the hydrodynamic processes. Understanding of the physical processes is of utmost importance. This is achieved by use of controlled laboratory experiments, and, where possible, by use of numerical experiments, utilizing advanced numerical models.

BM SUMER consultants disseminate their research results at various platforms, in reputable scientific journals, at conferences, workshops, scientific meetings, and in short courses that they organize or otherwise.

The research work of Mutlu Sumer, one of BM SUMER’s partners, spanning over the past four decades, has culminated into four renowned books, widely used in engineering communities, industry and academia across the world:

 

BM SUMER consultants’ research covers the following areas:

  • Scour / scour protection around marine and hydraulic structures
  • Wave-induced liquefaction of marine soils and its implications for marine structures
  • Turbulence in Coastal and Civil Engineering
  • Wave boundary layers
  • Current and wave loading on marine / hydraulic structures
  • Stability of marine pipelines
  • Flow-induced vibrations of marine pipelines
  • Coastal and river sediment transport
  • Surf-zone hydrodynamics and sediment transport
  • Diffusion and dispersion of pollutants in recipient waters
  • Design and assessment of coastal protection structures
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