TY - BOOK
T1 - Revisiting Hele-Shaw dynamics to better understand beach evolution
AU - Bokhove, Onno
AU - van der Horn, Avraham/Bram
AU - van der Horn, A.J.
AU - van der Meer, Roger M.
AU - Gagarina, Elena
AU - Zweers, W.
AU - Thornton, Anthony Richard
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - Wave action, particularly during storms, drives the evo lution of beaches. Beach evolution by non-linear break ing waves is poorly understood due to its three-dimensional character, the range of scales involved, and our limited understanding of particle-wave interactions. We show how a novel, three-phase extension to the classic “Hele-Shaw‿ laboratory experiment can be designed that creates beach morphologies with breaking waves in a quasi-two-dimensional setting. Our thin Hele-Shaw cell simplifies the inherent complexity of three-phase dynamics: all dynamics become clearly visible and measurable. We show that beaches can be created in tens of minutes by several types of breaking waves, with about one-second periods. Quasi-steady beach morphologies emerge as function of initial water depth, at-rest bed level and wave-maker frequency. These are classified mathematically and lead to beaches, berms and sand bars.
AB - Wave action, particularly during storms, drives the evo lution of beaches. Beach evolution by non-linear break ing waves is poorly understood due to its three-dimensional character, the range of scales involved, and our limited understanding of particle-wave interactions. We show how a novel, three-phase extension to the classic “Hele-Shaw‿ laboratory experiment can be designed that creates beach morphologies with breaking waves in a quasi-two-dimensional setting. Our thin Hele-Shaw cell simplifies the inherent complexity of three-phase dynamics: all dynamics become clearly visible and measurable. We show that beaches can be created in tens of minutes by several types of breaking waves, with about one-second periods. Quasi-steady beach morphologies emerge as function of initial water depth, at-rest bed level and wave-maker frequency. These are classified mathematically and lead to beaches, berms and sand bars.
KW - IR-84385
KW - METIS-296293
KW - EWI-23056
KW - Water waves
KW - Granular Flows
KW - Geophysical fluid dynamics
KW - Coastal engineering
M3 - Report
T3 - Memorandum
BT - Revisiting Hele-Shaw dynamics to better understand beach evolution
PB - University of Twente, Department of Applied Mathematics
CY - Enschede
ER -