On the dynamics of wave-mud interaction: A numerical study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Torres Freyermuth, Alec ^a,b   Hsu, Tian Jian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RHEOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WAVE EQUATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BOTTOM BOUNDARY LAYER; CLEAR FLUID; COHESIVE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; DIRECT WAVES; EULERIAN APPROACH; FINE SEDIMENTS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY WAVES; MODELING APPROACH; MODELING FRAMEWORKS; MUD LAYER; MUD TRANSPORT; MUDDY SEABED; NONLINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONLINEAR WAVE PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR WAVES; NUMERICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PHYSICAL PROCESS; RANS EQUATION; RESEARCH TOPICS; REYNOLDS-AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; RHEOLOGICAL EFFECT; SCALING RELATIONS; SEDIMENT CONCENTRATION; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE BOUNDARY; WAVE BOUNDARY LAYER; WAVE DYNAMICS; WAVE PROPAGATION MODELS;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BENTHIC BOUNDARY LAYER; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; ENERGY FLUX; EULERIAN ANALYSIS; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; MUDFLOW; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REYNOLDS NUMBER; RHEOLOGY; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WATER WAVE; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION; WAVE-WAVE INTERACTION;

EID: 77955217523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JC005552     Document Type: Article

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