Open AccessA MODEL STUDY OF ALONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT RAT
Author(s) -
J. William Kamphuis,
J.S. Readshaw
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v16.99
Subject(s) - surf zone , sediment transport , sediment , geology , dissipation , geomorphology , oceanography , physics , thermodynamics
Alongshore sediment transport rate was studied in a 3-dimensional mobile bed coastal model and was found to depend on the beach profile and rate of wave energy dissipation in addition to the normal wave and sediment parameters. Alongshore sediment transport rate was found to be strongly related to the surf similarity parameter, a single parameter simplistically describing beach profile and breaker type.