Motion of water and sediment due to non-breaking waves in the swash zone

A long wave run-up theory is applied to the modelling of wave-induced flow velocities, sediment transport rates and bottom changes in a swash zone. First, the properties of the water tongue motion and the resulting lithodynamic response are analysed theoretically. Next, an attempt is made to run the...

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Main Authors: Rafał Ostrowski, Jarosław Kapinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2012-04-01
Series:Oceanologia
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Online Access:http://www.iopan.gda.pl/oceanologia/54_2.html#A3
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description A long wave run-up theory is applied to the modelling of wave-induced flow velocities, sediment transport rates and bottom changes in a swash zone. First, the properties of the water tongue motion and the resulting lithodynamic response are analysed theoretically. Next, an attempt is made to run the model for the natural conditions encountered on the southern Baltic Sea coast. The Lagrangian swash velocities are used to determine the Eulerian phase-resolved bed shear stresses with a momentum integral method, after whichthe motion of sand is described by the use of a two-layer model, comprising bedload and nearbed suspended load. Seabed evolution is then found from the spatial variability of the net sediment transport rates. The results presented are limited to cases of the small-amplitude waves that seem to be responsible for accretion on beaches.
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spelling doaj.art-b2f609bb6f0f4d6f9b324749a8d673e02022-12-22T00:47:15ZengElsevierOceanologia0078-32342012-04-01542175197Motion of water and sediment due to non-breaking waves in the swash zoneRafał OstrowskiJarosław KapinskiA long wave run-up theory is applied to the modelling of wave-induced flow velocities, sediment transport rates and bottom changes in a swash zone. First, the properties of the water tongue motion and the resulting lithodynamic response are analysed theoretically. Next, an attempt is made to run the model for the natural conditions encountered on the southern Baltic Sea coast. The Lagrangian swash velocities are used to determine the Eulerian phase-resolved bed shear stresses with a momentum integral method, after whichthe motion of sand is described by the use of a two-layer model, comprising bedload and nearbed suspended load. Seabed evolution is then found from the spatial variability of the net sediment transport rates. The results presented are limited to cases of the small-amplitude waves that seem to be responsible for accretion on beaches.http://www.iopan.gda.pl/oceanologia/54_2.html#A3Wave run-upSwash zoneBed shear stressSediment transportBottom changesBeach face
spellingShingle Rafał Ostrowski
Jarosław Kapinski
Motion of water and sediment due to non-breaking waves in the swash zone
Oceanologia
Wave run-up
Swash zone
Bed shear stress
Sediment transport
Bottom changes
Beach face
title Motion of water and sediment due to non-breaking waves in the swash zone
title_full Motion of water and sediment due to non-breaking waves in the swash zone
title_fullStr Motion of water and sediment due to non-breaking waves in the swash zone
title_full_unstemmed Motion of water and sediment due to non-breaking waves in the swash zone
title_short Motion of water and sediment due to non-breaking waves in the swash zone
title_sort motion of water and sediment due to non breaking waves in the swash zone
topic Wave run-up
Swash zone
Bed shear stress
Sediment transport
Bottom changes
Beach face
url http://www.iopan.gda.pl/oceanologia/54_2.html#A3
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