Numerical modelling of erosion and accretion of plane sloping beaches at different scales

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 637-655

  Van Rijn, L C ^a,b   Tonnon, P K ^a   Walstra, D J R ^a,b  

^a University of Utrecht ^*

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH EROSION; BEACH PROFILE; DATA SETS; DEFAULT VALUES; DELFT3D; DIFFERENT SCALE; EROSION AND DEPOSITION; FIELD APPLICATION; IRREGULAR WAVES; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL PREDICTION; MORPHOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; NUMERICAL MODELLING; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; SAND TRANSPORT; SLOPING BEACHES; THREE MODELS; WAVE ATTACK; WAVE FLUMES; WAVE HEIGHTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EROSION; SOIL MECHANICS; STATISTICAL TESTS; WATER WAVES;

BEACHES;

ACCRETION; BEACH EROSION; BEACH PROFILE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUME EXPERIMENT; GRAPHICAL METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 79958019983     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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