Coastal sediment dynamics: recent advances and future research needs

LCV Rijn, JS Ribberink, JVD Werf… - Journal of hydraulic …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
This vision paper discusses the advances made over the last three decades in coastal sand
transport and morphodynamics, and the research needs for the coming decades. The prime …

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 …

Turbulence in transient channel flow

S He, M Seddighi - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2013 - cambridge.org
Direct numerical simulations (DNS) are performed of a transient channel flow following a
rapid increase of flow rate from an initially turbulent flow. It is shown that a low-Reynolds …

Investigation of sheet-flow processes based on novel acoustic high-resolution velocity and concentration measurements

T Revil-Baudard, J Chauchat, D Hurther… - Journal of Fluid …, 2015 - cambridge.org
A new dataset of uniform and steady sheet-flow experiments is presented in this paper. An
acoustic concentration and velocity profiler (ACVP) is used to measure time-resolved …

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 …

Interface-resolved direct numerical simulations of sediment transport in a turbulent oscillatory boundary layer

M Mazzuoli, P Blondeaux, G Vittori… - Journal of Fluid …, 2020 - cambridge.org
The flow within an oscillatory boundary layer, which approximates the flow generated by
propagating sea waves of small amplitude close to the bottom, is simulated numerically by …

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 …

Influence of the Initial Beach Profile on the Sediment Transport Processes During Post‐Storm Onshore Bar Migration

F Grossmann, D Hurther… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Onshore bar migration is a characteristic bar behavior during post‐storm beach recovery.
The present large‐scale experiments, feature bichromatic wave groups over an initially …

Sand transport beneath waves: The role of progressive wave streaming and other free surface effects

WM Kranenburg, JS Ribberink… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Recent large‐scale wave flume experiments on sheet‐flow sediment transport beneath
Stokes waves show more onshore‐directed sediment transport than earlier sheet‐flow …

Experimental study of turbulent oscillatory boundary layers in an oscillating water tunnel

J Yuan, OS Madsen - Coastal engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
A high-quality experimental study including a large number of tests which correspond to full-
scale coastal boundary layer flows is conducted using an oscillating water tunnel for flow …