Process-based model for nearshore hydrodynamics, sediment transport and morphological evolution in the surf and swash zones

Applied Ocean Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-56

  Bakhtyar, R ^a,b   Ghaheri, A ^b   Yeganeh Bakhtiary, A ^b   Barry, D A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bottom friction; k turbulence closure model; Profile changes; Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes; Upwash Backwash; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM FRICTION; PROFILE CHANGES; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES; UPWASH/BACKWASH; WAVE BREAKING;

EROSION; FLUID DYNAMICS; FRICTION; MINES; MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRIBOLOGY; TURBULENCE;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BOTTOM FRICTION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELING; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SURF ZONE; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 67651122909     PISSN: 01411187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apor.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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