Boussinesq models and their application to coastal processes across a wide range of scales

JT Kirby - Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean …, 2016 - ascelibrary.org
In this paper, the development of a class of depth-integrated, phase-resolving models for
surface wave propagation, known as Boussinesq-type models (BTMs), is reviewed. This …

A reasoned overview on Boussinesq-type models: the interplay between physics, mathematics and numerics

M Brocchini - Proceedings of the Royal Society A …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This paper, which is largely the fruit of an invited talk on the topic at the latest International
Conference on Coastal Engineering, describes the state of the art of modelling by means of …

Parameterization of nearshore wave front slope

C Zhang, Q Zhang, J Zheng, Z Demirbilek - Coastal Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
This study presents an empirical parameterization of wave front slope angle used in the
characterization of shoaling and breaking waves in nearshore environment. A large amount …

Numerical treatment of wave breaking on unstructured finite volume approximations for extended Boussinesq-type equations

M Kazolea, AI Delis, CE Synolakis - Journal of computational Physics, 2014 - Elsevier
A new methodology is presented to handle wave breaking over complex bathymetries in
extended two-dimensional Boussinesq-type (BT) models which are solved by an …

Numerical modelling of short-and long-wave transformation on a barred beach

A Torres-Freyermuth, JL Lara, IJ Losada - Coastal Engineering, 2010 - Elsevier
This work aims to demonstrate an advancement towards the integrated modelling of surf
zone hydrodynamics by means of a VOF-type numerical model (COBRAS-UC) based on the …

Shock-capturing Boussinesq model for irregular wave propagation

M Tonelli, M Petti - Coastal Engineering, 2012 - Elsevier
In this paper, a shock-capturing numerical model, based on the combined solution of
Boussinesq and nonlinear shallow water equations is validated with respect to the …

Are breaking waves, bores, surges and jumps the same flow?

P Lubin, H Chanson - Environmental Fluid Mechanics, 2017 - Springer
The flow structure in the aerated region of the roller generated by breaking waves remains a
great challenge to study, with large quantities of entrained air and turbulence interactions …

High order Hamiltonian water wave models with wave-breaking mechanism

R Kurnia, E Van Groesen - Coastal engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
Based on the Hamiltonian formulation of water waves, using Hamiltonian consistent
modelling methods, we derive higher order Hamiltonian equations by Taylor expansions of …

Long-term hydrodynamic modeling of the Arabian Gulf

A Elhakeem, W Elshorbagy, T Bleninger - Marine pollution bulletin, 2015 - Elsevier
A 3-D prognostic baroclinic hydrodynamic model of the Arabian Gulf (AG) was developed
using Delft3D-FLOW. The model was forced with long-term time averaged climatological …

General longshore transport model

GR Tomasicchio, F D'Alessandro, G Barbaro… - Coastal …, 2013 - Elsevier
In the present paper a general longshore transport (LT) model is proposed after a re-
calibration of the model originally introduced by Lamberti and Tomasicchio (1997) based on …