Numerical simulation of nearshore hydrodynamics and sediment transport downdrift of a tidal inlet

Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Keshtpoor, Mohammad ^a   Puleo, Jack A ^a   Shi, Fengyan ^a   DiCosmo, Nicholas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alongshore sediment transport rate; Downdrift beach erosion; Erosion; Nearshore hydrodynamics; Pressure gradient

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BEACHES; EROSION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION;

BEACH EROSION; INDUCED PRESSURE GRADIENT; IRREGULAR BATHYMETRIES; NEARSHORE HYDRODYNAMICS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PATTERN; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT RATE; WATER SURFACE ELEVATIONS; WAVE RADIATION STRESS;

COASTAL ENGINEERING;

BEACH EROSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MORPHODYNAMICS; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL CYCLE; TIDAL INLET; WAVE HEIGHT;

EID: 84923039985     PISSN: 0733950X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)WW.1943-5460.0000273     Document Type: Article

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