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This work aims to increase our knowledge concerning 3D movable bed physical modeling and beach nourishment impacts on the hydrodynamics, sediment transport, and morphodynamics. A set of experiments with an artificial beach nourishment movable bed model was prepared. Hydrodynamic, sediment transport, and morphological variations and impacts due to the presence of the nourishment were monitored with specific equipment. Special attention was given to the number and positioning of the monitoring equipment and the inherent constraints of 3D movable beds laboratory tests. The nourishment induced changes in the beach dynamics, leading to an increase in the flow velocities range and suspended sediment concentration, and effectively increasing the emerged beach width. Predicting and anticipating the morphological evolution of the modeled beach has a major impact on data accuracy, since it might influence the monitoring equipment\u2019s correct position. Laboratory results and constraints were characterized to help better define future laboratory procedures and strategies for increasing movable bed models\u2019 accuracy and performance.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jmse9060613","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,3]],"date-time":"2021-06-03T10:59:51Z","timestamp":1622717991000},"page":"613","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["3D Physical Modeling of an Artificial Beach Nourishment: Laboratory Procedures and Nourishment Performance"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0087-419X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andr\u00e9","family":"Guimar\u00e3es","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"RISCO & Civil Engineering Department, Campus Universit\u00e1rio de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7858-2272","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Carlos","family":"Coelho","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"RISCO & Civil Engineering Department, Campus Universit\u00e1rio de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0258-0171","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Fernando","family":"Veloso-Gomes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Civil Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7305-5403","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Paulo A.","family":"Silva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CESAM & Physics Department, Campus Universit\u00e1rio de Santiago, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"113","DOI":"10.1016\/S0378-3839(02)00123-0","article-title":"Nourishment design and evaluation: Applicability of model concepts","volume":"47","author":"Capobianco","year":"2002","journal-title":"Coast. 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