Numerical experiments on interactions between wave motion and variable-density coastal aquifers

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-108

  Bakhtyar, R ^a   Barry, D A ^a   Brovelli, A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beach profile changes; Dissipative beach; Groundwater exchange; Intermediate beach; Saltwater wedge; Variable density flow

Indexed keywords

BEACH FACE; BEACH PROFILE; COASTAL AQUIFERS; COASTAL GROUNDWATER; COMPREHENSIVE TWO-DIMENSIONAL; COUPLED SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIELD SCALE; FINE SAND; GROUND-WATER CIRCULATION; GROUNDWATER HEADS; HYDRODYNAMIC COMPONENT; MODEL RESULTS; NEARSHORE HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; NUMERICAL MODELS; SALTWATER WEDGE; SAND BEACH; SAND GRAIN SIZE; STILL WATER LEVELS; STRONG CORRELATION; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; VARIABLE-DENSITY FLOW; VOLUME OF FLUID METHOD; WATERTABLE; WAVE CHARACTERISTICS; WAVE CONDITIONS; WAVE HEIGHTS; WAVE MOTIONS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; AQUIFERS; EXPERIMENTS; FLUID DYNAMICS; GROUNDWATER FLOW; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; HYDROGEOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SAND; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER LEVELS;

BEACHES;

BEACH EROSION; BEACH MORPHOLOGY; BEACH PROFILE; BREAKING WAVE; COASTAL AQUIFER; DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; SALINE INTRUSION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE DISPERSION;

EID: 84855195720     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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