Abstract:Aimed at protecting beach from erosion, a restoration project was developed covering beach nourishment and offshore breakwater. For assessment of the project, a model of sediment transport and bed evolution at Shanhaiguan Coast was established based on Delft3D and validated with field measurements from 2015 to 2016. Then, the model was used to investigate the influence of the restoration project on sediment transport and bed evolution. The results indicate that there is a lower sediment concentration after the restoration project is completed and the reduction of sediment concentration decreases with the increase in offshore distance. There is severe erosion before the restoration project starts and little erosion after the restoration project is completed. Hence, it is proved that the restoration project achieves the goal of beach restoration by reduction of erosion. The change of erosion and deposition after the project is the maximum in the first year, and then decreases year by year.