LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ON DEAN BEACH PROFILES
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Keywords

Dean profile
beach profile
longshore transport
sediment transport

How to Cite

McDougal, W. G., & Hudspeth, R. T. (1984). LONGSHORE SEDIMENT TRANSPORT ON DEAN BEACH PROFILES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(19), 101. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v19.101

Abstract

Natural beaches exhibit an equilibrium profile that is planar nearshore and non-planar, concave-up offshore. The longshore current on these Dean equilibrium beaches is shown to depend on the location of the intersection between the planar and non-planar profiles and on the dimensionless mixing strength parameter if the eddy viscosity coefficient is linearly dependent on the distance offshore. The effect of the profile intersection on the longshore sediment transport rate is demonstrated for two energetics based sediment transport models; viz. the Bagnold and energetics stress models.
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v19.101
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