Morphodynamic modelling in the nearshore area

JP SIERRA; I AZUZ; F RIVERO; SANCHEZ ARCILLA A; A RODRIGUEZ

Transactions on the Built Environment - Computer Modelling of Coastal Regions III

WIT Press, www.witpress.com, ISSN 1743-3509

Lugar: southampton; Año: 1998; p. 433 - 442

A numerical model is presented to determine the bottom topographychanges in the nearshore area. The model is divided in three moduleswhich compute the wave propagation, the wind and waves inducedcurrents and the sediment transport and associated morphodynamicalchanges. Some examples extracted from the literature are employedto calibrate the model. The comparison shows that the model givesaccurate estimates of values and trends of bottom evolution under differenthydrodynamic conditions and therefore it can be a usefull tool forengineering purpouses.