The physical oceanography of the transport of floating marine debris

E Van Sebille, S Aliani, KL Law… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Marine plastic debris floating on the ocean surface is a major environmental problem.
However, its distribution in the ocean is poorly mapped, and most of the plastic waste …

[HTML][HTML] A review of practical models of sand transport in the swash zone

W Chen, JJ Van Der Werf, S Hulscher - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The swash zone largely influences nearshore hydrodynamics and morphodynamics through
dissipating or reflecting wave energy and controlling whether sediment will be stored on the …

Modeling the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of sandbar migration events

Y Rafati, TJ Hsu, S Elgar, B Raubenheimer… - Coastal …, 2021 - Elsevier
A number of models are available for science and engineering purposes that numerically
simulate nearshore hydrodynamics and the corresponding morphological evolution …

[HTML][HTML] Large-scale wave breaking over a barred beach: SPH numerical simulation and comparison with experiments

C Altomare, P Scandura, I Cáceres, G Viccione - Coastal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Wave breaking plays a crucial role in several areas of interest in coastal engineering, such
as flooding, wave loading on structures and coastal morphodynamics. In the present study …

Wave-induced distribution of microplastic in the surf zone

NB Kerpen, T Schlurmann, A Schendel… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this study, the wave-induced distribution of 13 microplastic (MP) samples of different size,
shape, and density was investigated in a wave flume with a sandy mobile beach bed profile …

Near‐Bed Sediment Transport Processes During Onshore Bar Migration in Large‐Scale Experiments: Comparison With Offshore Bar Migration

F Grossmann, D Hurther… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Detailed information on nearshore sediment transport processes during onshore bar
migration were obtained from large‐scale laboratory experiments with bichromatic wave …

Influence of beach slope on morphological changes and sediment transport under irregular waves

S Dionísio António, J van der Werf, E Horstman… - Journal of marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper presents new data from large-scale wave flume experiments. It shows the beach
profile evolution and sediment transport for two different bed slopes (1: 15 and 1: 25), and …

Near‐bed sediment transport during offshore bar migration in large‐scale experiments

F Grossmann, D Hurther… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
This study presents novel insights into hydrodynamics and sediment fluxes in large‐scale
laboratory experiments with bichromatic wave groups on a relatively steep initial beach …

[HTML][HTML] Wave dissipation and sediment transport patterns during shoreface nourishment towards equilibrium

Y Li, C Zhang, Y Cai, M Xie, H Qi, Y Wang - Journal of Marine Science …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Implementing shoreface nourishment is an effective method to protect sandy beaches. A
better understanding of the equilibrium mechanism of shoreface nourishments is necessary …

Influence of storm sequencing on breaker bar and shoreline evolution in large-scale experiments

S Eichentopf, J Van der Zanden, I Cáceres… - Coastal …, 2020 - Elsevier
New large-scale experiments on the influence of storm sequencing on beach profile
evolution are presented. The experiments comprised three sequences that commenced from …