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Effect of Breaking Waves and External Current on Longshore Sediment Transport

Ali Farhadzadeh, Nobuhisa Kobayashi, Mark B. Gravens

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The effects of external currents on the longshore current and sediment transport in the surf zone are examined using the cross-shore numerical model CSHORE, which is extended to include the alongshore pressure gradient term in the longshore momentum equation and to allow oblique waves in the swash zone on a beach. The extended CSHORE is compared with five tests conducted in a wave basin with a recirculation system. The cross-shore variations of the longshore current and sediment-transport rate are predicted fairly well for the cases of no and favorable pressure gradients. The cases of adverse and time-varying pressure gradients are computed to extrapolate the experimental results for wider applications.

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The effects of external currents on the longshore current and sediment transport in the surf zone are examined using the cross-shore numerical model CSHORE, which is extended to include the alongshore pressure gradient term in the longshore momentum equation and to allow oblique waves in the swash zone on a beach. The extended CSHORE is compared with five tests conducted in a wave basin with a recirculation system. The cross-shore variations of the longshore current and sediment-transport rate are predicted fairly well for the cases of no and favorable pressure gradients. The cases of adverse and time-varying pressure gradients are computed to extrapolate the experimental results for wider applications.

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The effects of external currents on the longshore current and sediment transport in the surf zone are examined using the cross-shore numerical model CSHORE, which is extended to include the alongshore pressure gradient term in the longshore momentum equation and to allow oblique waves in the swash zone on a beach. The extended CSHORE is compared with five tests conducted in a wave basin with a recirculation system. The cross-shore variations of the longshore current and sediment-transport rate are predicted fairly well for the cases of no and favorable pressure gradients. The cases of adverse and time-varying pressure gradients are computed to extrapolate the experimental results for wider applications.

Key concepts: Longshore drift, Swash, Surf zone, Sediment transport, Geology, Current (fluid), Pressure gradient, Shore

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