Surf zone turbulence and suspended sediment dynamics—A review

T Aagaard, J Brinkkemper, DF Christensen… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The existence of sandy beaches relies on the onshore transport of sand by waves during
post-storm conditions. Most operational sediment transport models employ wave-averaged …

Reynolds stress turbulence modelling of surf zone breaking waves

Y Li, BE Larsen, DR Fuhrman - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Computational fluid dynamics is increasingly used to investigate the inherently complicated
phenomenon of wave breaking. To date, however, no single model has proved capable of …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental investigation on the nearshore transport of buoyant microplastic particles

BE Larsen, MAA Al-Obaidi, HG Guler… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper presents experimental measurements of beaching times for buoyant microplastic
particles released, both in the pre-breaking region and within the surf zone. The beaching …

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 …

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 …

Large eddy simulation of cross‐shore hydrodynamics under random waves in the inner surf and swash zones

B Tsai, TJ Hsu, SB Lee, M Pontiki… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A 3D large eddy simulation coupled with a free surface tracking scheme was used to
simulate cross‐shore hydrodynamics as observed in a large wave flume experiment. The …

An ISPH with modified k–ε closure for simulating breaking periodic waves

D Wang, PLF Liu - Coastal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Incompressible Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (ISPH) method, solving the
2D RANS (Reynolds Averaged Navier-Stokes) equations with the modified k–ε turbulence …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation of cross-shore breaker bar development utilizing a stabilized two-equation turbulence model

BE Larsen, DR Fuhrman - Coastal Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The performance of a recently developed “stabilized” turbulence (k− ω) closure model,
which avoids un-physical over-production of turbulence prior to wave breaking, is …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of free surface modelling and wave-breaking turbulence on depth-resolved modelling of sediment transport in the swash zone

JWM Kranenborg, GHP Campmans, JJ van der Werf… - Coastal …, 2024 - Elsevier
The swash zone is an important region for the coastal morphodynamics. Often, model
studies of the swash zone use depth-averaged models. These models typically assume a …

[HTML][HTML] Development, calibration and validation of a phase-averaged model for cross-shore sediment transport and morphodynamics on a barred beach

P Zheng, G Gumbira, M Li, J Van der Zanden… - Continental Shelf …, 2023 - Elsevier
Simulating cross-shore sediment transport and associated sandbar migration is still a
challenging task for phase-averaged coastal morphological models. Numerical studies have …