Using LEGO and LEGO Technic I test various types of coastal sea defences to see how well they resist erosion!
I designed and built a LEGO wave pool generator to simulate the wave action hitting the shoreline where LEGO Batman is having a break on the beach!
Chapters:
00:00 LEGO Sea Defences
00:25 Wave Generator
01:13 No Defence
01:43 Offshore Breaker
02:46 Breaker with Bricks
03:32 Gabion
04:50 Revetment
05:56 Seawall
06:29 Beach Tie
07:02 Wave Return Wall
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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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@@blitzFN100 I'm a Norseman.
@@blitzFN100 So that would be a No.
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watched a man play with water and legos for 8 mins
Same
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And
play? sir this is professional experiment.
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 😭
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??
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
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On that day, humanity was sent a grim reminder...
This is seriously awesome and should be shown in environmental science classes. Would make a killer science project.
I appreciate the comment, thanks!
Or consider the Dutch solution: simply get rid of the water and turn everything into more land.
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Its when your watching these type of videos you realise you need to do two things 1. Subscribe 2. go to bed
Yeah 😂
True
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
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.
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thank you
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.
@@corvoyami3192 why
@@geodefenceyeah why
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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Can you imagine that a thief breaks into your house and finds that it is full of comically complex traps made with Lego?
I imagine this is how coastal engineers test their ideas
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
It's nice that he also built the wave-"generator" out of lego, not just the sea defenses
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@@blitzFN100Turn your brain into something that realizes that a fucking Lego video isn’t the time to spread the word of Christ
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
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.
It is a pleasure to observe the course of research thought! Try to develop the idea even more with the return of the wave.
For once GCSE geography came in clutch with the knowledge
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!
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
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.
In conclusion build big wall
The beach when the erosion wins: BUT IN THE END, IT DOESN’T EVEN MATTER
Every other design is elaborate, then the most effective ones were walls.
I've never seen Batman so relaxed at the beach...
This is a great lesson in shore erosion and the methods of preventing it.
So what I've learned is to put a halfpipe inbetween a beach and ocean
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
@@neurofiedyamato8763 I can’t read but you’re wrong or else I would be wrong
"That wall just got 10 feet higher"
As a sea coast protection engineer, I approve so much
Stops erosion, but Batmans leisurely day at the beach is now ruined by a massive wall. Holy crap view, Batman!
Wish you had made a riprap with some wave dissipating blocks, like tetrapods
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 think the Dark Lord would be really pleased with all of these technical solutions. Well done sir.
Really have to appreciate what coral reefs did for islands.
Who would've thought the one without holes to let the force of the waves through would be the best
Nah my man be making my day thanks..
Me thinking I’m smart this guy pulls up.
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New idea: dam defence testing
Yeahhh!!!! Recurved seawall
That baffle dissipator was awesome to watch. Awesome video!
This really is an amazing video, bravo.
Thanks for the comment! I appreciate it!
Lego should make this an official set.
As a Dutch person I can kind of approve of this video
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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.
best idea
Hell yeah
The sea: Batman: “I’m Batman!”
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Mind: why is this entertaining? Me:because it was my childhood.. Mind: why was it entertaining then? Me:because it was legos and water
I would love to see if at the end of the video you just end ot with oysters or coral...comparing manmade structures to natural ones bc that's the whole point. The ecosystem is much better
This pool classified w/ the L.E.G.O.'s is serene and velocity in my viewpoint. L.E.G.O.로 분류된 이 수영장은 내 관점에서는 고요하고 빠른 것 같습니다.
Mangroves are the best protectors
Depends on the environment because mangroves work best when they have the advantage of lots of shallow water. Some coastlines just don't have that option.
Thank you! And salt marshes! Need more green infrastructure, less gray infrastructure for long-term coastal resilience!
Funfact: this is how we dutch actually make waterdefences (not lego but the idea is the same) All on scale
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
so cool
Great video! Where did you get the lego clicking sound effect from? I'm looking to use it in my videos too.
Thanks! The sounds are homemade by recording the clicks of each LEGO piece being put together
Very cool 😎
Hilarious just a straight up wall is the best solution
The seawall is pretty cool defense. I just hope Batman is vigilant for peculiar vehicles.
look cool
A better test would be to emulate concrete degradation by adding acid to melt bricks. Dissipated energy has to go somewhere, hence tidal piwer generators being ideal solutions. Static methods also fail on the horizontal component of wave motion, which this doesn't emulate. It's also nit much of a beech day staring at concrete. Fun, 5/5. Science 1/5.
Imagine going to the beach and seeing a “wave return wall” on the shore.
should have been better with a longer flume, higher water level and less steep beach imo but still great video and good luck to get the sand out of these bricks
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.
Wave return wall be like an uno reverse card
I hope Batman had a nice day at the beach.
All that just to mess with Batman on a beach, all he wants is a break from gotham
Awesome
omg! the waves looks so realistic! and how it make the beach! very cool
Pretty crazy humans go insane trying to keep beaches from eroding when that's literally the point of a beach.
very cool!
Really awesome! 💜
Thanks!
This is very cool 🎉
So cool
Not sure "Maginot" style defense will always meet every contingency, but we have to start somewhere.
1:36 bro yoinked the beach
America infrastructure could learn from this guy
Yeah 😂
Look at where my youtube throws me. Loved the video nonetheless
This is cool and all, but doesn't the natural erosion from waves serve some sort of ecological purpose?
The tide goes in, tide goes out, you can't explain that!
Where's this tank from? Looks good for my hamster
I wanna see a tsunami buster
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The Netherlands should be taking notes
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nice
Bro just put a wall why all this complicated stuff but it is very entertaining
lego asmr
that will be a mess to clean 🥲
Hey bro, I also made a similar machine to create waves for a water tank
Is this why lego pieces wash up shore at the beach, as reported by the news? 😂
My feeling is this test is not realistic because you also need some depth of sand below the wavemaker like a real ocean, where waves also adds sand to the beach.
Welp, let's get to building another wall... around the entire country.
I'm gonna build a giant version of that wave generator and terrorize coastal cities! HAHAHAHAHA!
Me too and you ❤
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