TY - JOUR
T1 - COMPUTER SIMULATION OF BEACH EROSION AND PROFILE MODIFICATION DUE TO WAVES.
AU - WANG, H.
AU - DALRYMPLE, R. A.
AU - SHIAU, J. C.
PY - 1975/1/1
Y1 - 1975/1/1
N2 - THE PHENOMENON OF BEACH EROSION HAS BECOME IMPORTANT IN RECENT YEARS AS THE COASTLINE HAS BECOME A FOCUS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.IN ORDER THAT ADEQUATE PLANNING IN THE COASTAL ZONE BE POSSIBLE, IT IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTANT AND TO MODEL THE EVOLVING COASTLINE.A COMPUTER MODEL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO PREDICT COASTAL EROSION AS A FUNCTION OF INPUT DEEPWATER WAVE CONDITIONS, TIDAL CONDITIONS AND THE NEARSHORE PRESENT BATHYMETRY.THE MODEL PREDICTS SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN THE OFFSHORE ZONE DUE TO TRANSPORT OF MATERIAL BY THE WAVE-INDUCED MASS TRANSPORT AND IN THE SURF ZONE, CAUSED PRIMARILY BY THE LONGSHORE CURRENT.EXAMPLES OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THE MODEL ARE PRESENTED, INCLUDING THE MODIFICATION OF THE BEACH PROFILE WITH TIME DUE TO THE UNEVEN LITTORAL DRIFT ACROSS THE SURF ZONE AND THE ALTERNATION OF AN IRREGULAR SHORELINE WITH TIME DUE TO WAVE AND TIDAL EFFECTS.(A).
AB - THE PHENOMENON OF BEACH EROSION HAS BECOME IMPORTANT IN RECENT YEARS AS THE COASTLINE HAS BECOME A FOCUS OF HUMAN ACTIVITY.IN ORDER THAT ADEQUATE PLANNING IN THE COASTAL ZONE BE POSSIBLE, IT IS NECESSARY TO UNDERSTANT AND TO MODEL THE EVOLVING COASTLINE.A COMPUTER MODEL HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO PREDICT COASTAL EROSION AS A FUNCTION OF INPUT DEEPWATER WAVE CONDITIONS, TIDAL CONDITIONS AND THE NEARSHORE PRESENT BATHYMETRY.THE MODEL PREDICTS SEDIMENT TRANSPORT IN THE OFFSHORE ZONE DUE TO TRANSPORT OF MATERIAL BY THE WAVE-INDUCED MASS TRANSPORT AND IN THE SURF ZONE, CAUSED PRIMARILY BY THE LONGSHORE CURRENT.EXAMPLES OF THE CAPABILITIES OF THE MODEL ARE PRESENTED, INCLUDING THE MODIFICATION OF THE BEACH PROFILE WITH TIME DUE TO THE UNEVEN LITTORAL DRIFT ACROSS THE SURF ZONE AND THE ALTERNATION OF AN IRREGULAR SHORELINE WITH TIME DUE TO WAVE AND TIDAL EFFECTS.(A).
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0016447216
VL - 2
SP - 1369
EP - 1384
JO - PROC. 2ND. ANNUAL SYMP. OF WATERWAYS, HARBOURS AND COASTAL ENGNG. DIV. ASCE ON MODELING TECHNIQUES, (MODELING '75 : SAN FRANC
JF - PROC. 2ND. ANNUAL SYMP. OF WATERWAYS, HARBOURS AND COASTAL ENGNG. DIV. ASCE ON MODELING TECHNIQUES, (MODELING '75 : SAN FRANC
IS - (SEPTEMBER 3-5, 1975)
ER -