Inclusion of wave breaking turbulence in reference concentration models

Joep Van Der Zanden, Angels Fernandez-Mora, Dominic Van Der A, David Hurther, Ivan Cáceres, Tom O'Donoghue, Jan Ribberink

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Abstract

Most commonly applied models for reference concentrations or sediment pickup rates do not account for wave breaking effects on sand resuspension. Consequently, they tend to underpredict the suspended sand load in the surf zone. Here, we present a new method to account for wave breaking turbulence effects in reference concentration models or pickup functions. An adapted reference concentration model is validated using recent laboratory measurements of near-bed turbulent kinetic energy and suspended sand concentration, yielding good agreement (r2= 0.60).
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of Coastal Dynamics 2017
EditorsTroels Aagaard, Rolf Deigaard, David Fuhrman
Pages629-641
Number of pages13
Publication statusPublished - 2017
EventCoastal Dynamics 2017 - Helsingør, Denmark
Duration: 12 Jun 201716 Jun 2017

Conference

ConferenceCoastal Dynamics 2017
Country/TerritoryDenmark
CityHelsingør
Period12/06/1716/06/17

Keywords

  • sediment transport
  • wave breaking
  • suspended sediment
  • wave flume experiment
  • turbulence
  • mophodynamic models

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