Hydrodynamics of a headland-bay beach-Nearshore current circulation

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-175

  Silva, Rodolfo ^a   Baquerizo, Asunción ^b   Losada, Miguel Ángel ^b   Mendoza, Edgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Analytic solution; Headland bay beaches; Mild slope equation; Nearshore circulation; Radiation stress tensor; Shoal influence; Wave currents

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC SOLUTION; MILD-SLOPE EQUATIONS; NEARSHORE CIRCULATION; RADIATION STRESS; WAVE CURRENT;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); COASTAL ENGINEERING; FLUID DYNAMICS; MINES; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TENSORS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

BEACHES;

BEACH; COASTAL CIRCULATION; COASTAL CURRENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHOALING WAVE;

EID: 72749125398     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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