Open AccessA SIMPLIFIED MODEL FOR LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
Author(s) -
James A. Bailard
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.v19.99
Subject(s) - sediment transport , longshore drift , mechanics , wave power , constant (computer programming) , range (aeronautics) , field (mathematics) , sediment , physics , geology , power (physics) , geomorphology , materials science , mathematics , thermodynamics , computer science , pure mathematics , composite material , programming language
An energetics-based longshore sediment transport model is developed which takes the form of a modification to the wave power equation. Instead of being constant, the wave power coefficient is a function of the breaker angle and the ratio of the orbital velocity magnitude and the sediment fall velocity. This modification extends the range of application of the wave power equation to include both field and laboratory conditions.