Numerical experiments of swash oscillations on steep and gentle beaches

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 497-511

  Karunarathna, Harshinie ^a   Chadwick, Andrew ^a   Lawrence, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bichromatic groups; Steep beach; Surf zone; Swash oscillation; Wave groupiness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; SHORE PROTECTION; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

INFRAGRAVITY; ROOT-MEAN SQUARE ERRORS; SURFACE ELEVATION; SWASH OSCILLATIONS;

BEACHES;

BEACH; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; COASTAL ENGINEERING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; WAVE GROUP;

BEACH; BOUSSINESQ EQUATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAND-SEA INTERACTION; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SURF ZONE; WAVE GROUP;

EID: 19544367072     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2005.02.003     Document Type: Article

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