Open AccessMODELING LONGSHORE CURRENTS FOR FIELD SITUATIONS
Author(s) -
S. Rao Vemulakonda,
James R. Houston,
H. Lee Butler
Publication year - 1982
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.v18.100
Subject(s) - longshore drift , inlet , field (mathematics) , circulation (fluid dynamics) , motion (physics) , geology , mathematics , computer science , marine engineering , mechanics , engineering , classical mechanics , physics , oceanography , sediment transport , geomorphology , sediment , pure mathematics
There is a growing need for generalized numerical models for longshore currents and nearshore circulation that solve the complete equations of motion, are flexible in the formulations chosen for various terms, and can be applied to field situations at a reasonable cost. The development and application of one such model is described in this paper. The model was first tested by comparing its results to known analytic solutions and experimental data. There was good agreement. It was next applied to a field situation near Oregon Inlet, North Carolina. The results appeared to be reasonable and the computational costs were modest.