Open AccessTHREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELING OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT NEAR COASTAL INLETS
Author(s) -
Weiming Wu
Publication year - 2018
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.v36.sediment.32
Subject(s) - inlet , sediment transport , sediment , range (aeronautics) , geology , flow (mathematics) , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , oceanography , meteorology , marine engineering , geomorphology , geotechnical engineering , mechanics , engineering , geography , physics , aerospace engineering
Simulation of the hydro- and morphodynamic processes near coastal inlets is important but challenging, due to multiple interacting forces (waves, wind, tides, river flows, density currents, etc.) on a wide range of spatial and temporal scales. A number of 2-D models have been used in the past, but recently 3-D models have gained more and more attentions because better accuracy and reliability are desired. A 3-D model has been developed in this study to simulate the complex flow, sediment transport and bed change near coastal inlets.