A BOUSSINESQ MODEL FOR BREAKING WAVES: COMPARISONS WITH EXPERIMENTS

Jayaram Veeramony; Ib A. Svendsen

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No. 26 (1998), Conference Proceedings

No. 26 (1998)

A BOUSSINESQ MODEL FOR BREAKING WAVES: COMPARISONS WITH EXPERIMENTS

Conference Proceedings

https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v26.%25p

Published 1998-01-29

Jayaram Veeramony⁺⁻
Ib A. Svendsen⁺⁻

Jayaram Veeramony

Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware

Ib A. Svendsen

Center for Applied Coastal Research, University of Delaware

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Boussinesq model
breaking waves
model/experiment comparison

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Veeramony, J., & Svendsen, I. A. (1998). A BOUSSINESQ MODEL FOR BREAKING WAVES: COMPARISONS WITH EXPERIMENTS. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(26). https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v26.%p

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The paper describes results with a breaking wave model based on an extended set of Boussinesq equations. The wave breaking is described by accounting for the effect of vorticity generated by the breaking process. The vorticity field in the domain is obtained by solving the vorticity transport equation, which is based entirely on the Reynold's equations. In addition to the wave height decay and profile deformation predicted by earlier breaker models, the present model also provides information about the velocity profiles. The model results give good agreement with experimental data for wave height, setup and the velocity profiles. The crossshore variation of the radiation stress calculated from the model results gives a good representation of the results from experimental data.

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