Physical Model Investigation of Morphology Development at Headland Structures
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
9-2006
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812709554_0304
Abstract
This paper describes four series of physical model experiments conducted to understand the response of the beach to headland structures. Data sets were generated for testing predictive relationships for sand transport in the presence of waves and an external current and testing of model algorithms for simulating salients and tombolos behind nearshore headland structures. The paper summarizes the experiment set up, and data collected in the physical model, processes driving the morphology development, and quantification of the time rate of morphology change behind headland structures as well as the observed sediment transport pathways.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Coastal Engineering 2006, p. 3617-3629
Scholar Commons Citation
Gravens, Mark B.; Wang, Ping; Kraus, Nicholas C.; and Hanson, Hans, "Physical Model Investigation of Morphology Development at Headland Structures" (2006). Geology Faculty Publications. 230.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gly_facpub/230
Full Text URL
https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812709554_0304
