Open AccessSCALE EFFECTS IN LARGE COASTAL MOBILE BED MODELS
Author(s) -
J. William Kamphuis,
Robert B. Nairn
Publication year - 1984
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.v19.156
Subject(s) - extrapolation , bedform , scale (ratio) , scale model , scale effects , series (stratigraphy) , reynolds number , geology , bed load , function (biology) , geotechnical engineering , environmental science , mathematics , sediment transport , geomorphology , mechanics , sediment , statistics , engineering , geography , physics , cartography , aerospace engineering , turbulence , evolutionary biology , biology , paleontology
A series of mobile bed model tests of a prototype circular sand island was performed to determine scale effects. It was found that scale effect was largely a function of mobility number with some secondary effects of Reynolds number, bedform and critical profile depth. It was concluded that a model series using prototype sand grain size is necessary at this time to effect successful extrapolation to prototype.