HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING OF NEW RIVER INLET, NORTH CAROLINA USING NEARCOM-TVD
No. 34 (2014), Swash, Nearshore Currents, and Long Waves
No. 34 (2014)

HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING OF NEW RIVER INLET, NORTH CAROLINA USING NEARCOM-TVD

Swash, Nearshore Currents, and Long Waves
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v34.currents.41
Published 2014-10-30
Jia-lin Chen
University of Delaware
Tian-Jian Hsu
University of Delaware
Fengyan Shi
University of Delaware
Britt Raubenheimer
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Steve Elgar
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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New River
NearCoM-TVD
wave-current interaction
tidal inlet

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Chen, J.- lin, Hsu, T.-J., Shi, F., Raubenheimer, B., & Elgar, S. (2014). HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING OF NEW RIVER INLET, NORTH CAROLINA USING NEARCOM-TVD. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(34), currents.41. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v34.currents.41
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The goal of this study is to investigate the role of wave-current interaction in tidal inlet hydrodynamics. A quasi-3D nearshore community model, NearCoM-TVD, is used to simulate circulation and waves at New River Inlet, NC, USA. Model skill for waves and circulation is evaluated at about 30 locations throughout the inlet, including a recently dredged navigation channel, a shallower channel, a flood tidal delta, and ebb tidal deltas, for a range of flow conditions in May 2012. Model skills for flow velocity and wave height are high in the channels. The numerical model also captures the sharp transition between wave-dominated and tide-dominated flows near the ebb tidal deltas. Model results demonstrate that wave intensity plays an important role in circulation (vortex) generation near inlet entrances.
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