Cross-sectional stability of tidal inlets: A comparison between numerical and empirical approaches

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-29

  Tran, Thanh Tung ^a,c   van de Kreeke, Jacobus ^b   Stive, Marcel J F ^c   Walstra, Dirk Jan R ^c,d  

^a Water Resources University   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d DELTARES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cross sectional stability; Empirical relationships; Inlet morphodynamics; Process based model; Tidal inlet

Indexed keywords

CROSS SECTIONAL AREA; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; EQUILIBRIUM VALUE; GOOD CORRELATIONS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; INITIAL VALUES; INLET CHANNELS; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELS; MORPHODYNAMICS; PROCESS-BASED MODELS; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; TIDAL INLET; TIDAL PRISM; WAVE CONDITIONS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING; OCEAN ENGINEERING;

ESTUARIES;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL INLET;

EID: 84855190223     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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