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Land Reclamation — Coastal Dredging & Consolidation Simulator

Interactive coastal land reclamation simulator: a dredger pumps sand from the seabed into a barrier-contained fill zone, building new land above sea level while a wellpoint drainage system speeds up geotechnical consolidation of the loose fill.

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A cutter-suction dredger pumps sand slurry from the seabed through a pipeline into a geotextile- or rock-contained fill zone, gradually raising a strip of seabed above sea level to create new land — the same technique behind projects like Palm Jumeirah and the Dutch polders. Freshly pumped sand is loose and water-saturated, sitting higher than its final grade; wellpoint drains pull out the excess pore water so the fill consolidates and settles toward a stable elevation over time. Tune the pumping rate and the perimeter barrier type to see how containment efficiency and consolidation speed trade off.

⚙ Under the hood

Interactive coastal land reclamation simulator: a dredger pumps sand from the seabed into a barrier-contained fill zone, building new land outward from the shoreline while wellpoint drains speed up geotechnical consolidation of the loose, water-saturated fill.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install