Understanding coastal morphodynamic patterns from depth‐averaged sediment concentration

F Ribas, A Falques, HE De Swart, N Dodd… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This review highlights the important role of the depth‐averaged sediment concentration
(DASC) to understand the formation of a number of coastal morphodynamic features that …

Morphodynamics of wave-dominated beaches

B Castelle, G Masselink - Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures, 2023 - cambridge.org
Wave-dominated sandy beaches are highly valued by societies and are amongst the world's
most energetic and dynamic environments. On wave-dominated beaches with unlimited …

A mechanism for sandbar straightening by oblique wave incidence

R Garnier, A Falqués, D Calvete… - Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Breaker bars in the surf zone of sandy beaches generally evolve between straight bars
parallel to the shore and meandering crescentic bars associated with intense (dangerous) …

Modeling formation and subsequent nonlinear evolution of rip channels: Time‐varying versus time‐invariant wave forcing

B Castelle, BG Ruessink - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We use a nonlinear morphodynamic model to demonstrate that time‐varying forcing, in
particular the time‐varying angle of wave incidence, is crucial to the development of rip …

Mechanism of secondary currents in open channel flows

SQ Yang, SK Tan, XK Wang - Journal of Geophysical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
This paper describes the conditions for initiation and maintenance of secondary currents in
open channel flows. By analyzing the Reynolds equation in the wall‐normal and wall …

Mechanisms controlling the complete accretionary beach state sequence

B Dubarbier, B Castelle, G Ruessink… - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Accretionary downstate beach sequence is a key element of observed nearshore
morphological variability along sandy coasts. We present and analyze the first numerical …

The influence of wave direction on the morphological response of a double sandbar system

J Thiebot, D Idier, R Garnier, A Falqués… - Continental Shelf …, 2012 - Elsevier
Nearshore sandbars are often characterized by three-dimensional bed patterns. To analyze
the influence of wave direction on the morphological response of a double sandbar system …

Cross-shore redistribution of nourished sand near a breaker bar

NG Jacobsen, J Fredsoe - Journal of waterway, port, coastal, and …, 2014 - ascelibrary.org
This paper focuses on the optimal location for dumping nourished sand on a barred
coastline. This is done by investigating the short-term behavior of the cross-shore …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical investigation of swash–swash interaction effects on beachface evolution using Nonlinear Shallow Water Equations

F Zhu, N Dodd - Advances in Water Resources, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents a numerical investigation of multiple identical swash events to study the
swash–swash interaction processes and their impacts on beachface evolution. The …

On the impact of an offshore bathymetric anomaly on surf zone rip channels

B Castelle, V Marieu, G Coco… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
We use a nonlinear morphodynamic model to demonstrate that the presence of a single
persistent offshore bathymetric anomaly strongly affects the formation, nonlinear evolution …