Advances in swash-zone research: Small-scale hydrodynamic and sediment transport processes

P Chardón-Maldonado, JC Pintado-Patiño, JA Puleo - Coastal Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Extensive research efforts in the last decade have improved knowledge of swash-zone
processes. This paper reviews and synthesizes from 2004 onward the research advances of …

Direct bed shear stress measurements in bore-driven swash

MP Barnes, T O'donoghue, JM Alsina, TE Baldock - Coastal Engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
Direct measurements of bed shear in the swash zone are presented. The data were
obtained using a shear plate in medium and large-scale laboratory bore-driven swash and …

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 …

Advances in numerical modelling of swash zone dynamics

R Briganti, A Torres-Freyermuth, TE Baldock… - Coastal …, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive and critical review of work on the numerical modelling of
swash zone processes between 2005 and 2015. A wide range of numerical models has …

A numerical study of swash flows generated by bores

Q Zhang, PLF Liu - Coastal Engineering, 2008 - Elsevier
The dynamic processes of bore propagation over a uniform slope are studied numerically
using a 2-D Reynolds Averaged Navier–Stokes (RANS) solver, coupled to a non-linear k− ε …

Kinematics of breaking tsunami wavefronts: A data set from large scale laboratory experiments

TE Baldock, D Cox, T Maddux, J Killian, L Fayler - Coastal Engineering, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper provides an overview of a new large scale laboratory data set on the kinematics
of breaking tsunami wavefronts. The aim of the experiments was to provide an open access …

A detailed, event-by-event analysis of suspended sediment concentration in the swash zone

I Cáceres, JM Alsina - Continental Shelf Research, 2012 - Elsevier
This work presents a detailed analysis of suspended sediment concentration measured in
the inner surf and swash zone under large-scale wave flume conditions. Controlled …

Non linear shallow water modelling of bore-driven swash: Description of the bottom boundary layer

R Briganti, N Dodd, D Pokrajac, T O'Donoghue - Coastal Engineering, 2011 - Elsevier
The paper presents a simple approach to estimate the bottom shear stress in the swash
zone by coupling the Non Linear Shallow Water Equations with the momentum integral …

A conductivity concentration profiler for sheet flow sediment transport

T Lanckriet, JA Puleo, N Waite - IEEE Journal of Oceanic …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A new sensor for measuring sediment concentration under sheet flow conditions is
presented. Electrical conductivity, measured using a four-electrode method, is used as a …

Modeling swash‐zone hydrodynamics and shear stresses on planar slopes using Reynolds‐Averaged Navier–Stokes equations

A Torres‐Freyermuth, JA Puleo… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
A numerical model solving the Reynolds‐Averaged Navier–Stokes equations, with a volume
of fluid‐tracking scheme and turbulence closure, is employed for estimating hydrodynamics …