Radiation stress and low-frequency energy balance within the surf zone: A numerical approach

Coastal Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue , 2012, Pages 44-55

  Ruju, Andrea ^a   Lara, Javier L ^a   Losada, Inigo J ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE IH CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Long wave dissipation; Radiation stress; RANS; Surf zone

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SLOPES; INNER SURF ZONES; IRREGULAR WAVES; LONG WAVE DISSIPATIONS; LONG WAVES; LOW-FREQUENCY ENERGY; LOW-FREQUENCY MOTION; NEARSHORES; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; RADIATION STRESS; RANS; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES MODELS; SURF ZONES;

ENERGY DISSIPATION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

ENERGY BALANCE;

ENERGY BALANCE; NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHOALING WAVE; SURF ZONE; SWELL; WAVE BREAKING;

EID: 84861676216     PISSN: 03783839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.05.003     Document Type: Article

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