An equilibrium profile model for tidal environments
ABSTRACT. During a full tidal cycle, the beach profile is exposed to continuously changing hydrodynamical conditions. Consequently, the profile evolves constantly to adapt to these changes. The equilibrium condition on tidal beaches is defined in terms of the relative occurrence of swash, surf zone...
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| Publication date: | 2002 |
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| Institution: | Universidad de Cantabria (UC) |
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| Language: | English |
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| Keyword: | Equilibrium beach profile Tide Wave breaking Wave shoaling |
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| author | Bernabéu Tello, Ana María |
| author2 | Medina Santamaría, Raúl|||0000-0002-0126-2710 Vidal Pascual, César|||0000-0003-1178-3314 |
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| author_browse | Bernabéu Tello, Ana María Medina Santamaría, Raúl|||0000-0002-0126-2710 Vidal Pascual, César|||0000-0003-1178-3314 |
| author_facet | Bernabéu Tello, Ana María Medina Santamaría, Raúl|||0000-0002-0126-2710 Vidal Pascual, César|||0000-0003-1178-3314 |
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| description | ABSTRACT. During a full tidal cycle, the beach profile is exposed to continuously changing hydrodynamical conditions. Consequently, the profile evolves constantly to adapt to these changes. The equilibrium condition on tidal beaches is defined in terms of the relative occurrence of swash, surf zone and shoaling processes. We have assumed that the tidal beach profile is in equilibrium when the net sediment transport along a tidal cycle is zero. In this model the contribution of swash is considered negligible. A simple and easy-to-apply equilibrium profile formulation is proposed. This model is based on the assumption that surf zone processes dominate the profile morphology wherever wave breaking occurs during the tidal cycle. The obtained equilibrium profile is valid from the high tide level to the breaker point at low tide level. The tidal influence on the profile morphology is the lengthening of the surf profile. The higher the tidal range, the longer the surf profile. The model was tested against field and laboratory data, showing reasonable predictions of measured beach profiles. |
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| publishDate | 2002 |
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| publisher | Instituto de Ciencias del Mar |
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| spelling | An equilibrium profile model for tidal environments Bernabéu Tello, Ana María Medina Santamaría, Raúl|||0000-0002-0126-2710 Vidal Pascual, César|||0000-0003-1178-3314 Equilibrium beach profile Tide Wave breaking Wave shoaling ABSTRACT. During a full tidal cycle, the beach profile is exposed to continuously changing hydrodynamical conditions. Consequently, the profile evolves constantly to adapt to these changes. The equilibrium condition on tidal beaches is defined in terms of the relative occurrence of swash, surf zone and shoaling processes. We have assumed that the tidal beach profile is in equilibrium when the net sediment transport along a tidal cycle is zero. In this model the contribution of swash is considered negligible. A simple and easy-to-apply equilibrium profile formulation is proposed. This model is based on the assumption that surf zone processes dominate the profile morphology wherever wave breaking occurs during the tidal cycle. The obtained equilibrium profile is valid from the high tide level to the breaker point at low tide level. The tidal influence on the profile morphology is the lengthening of the surf profile. The higher the tidal range, the longer the surf profile. The model was tested against field and laboratory data, showing reasonable predictions of measured beach profiles. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar http://hdl.handle.net/10902/4127 |
| spellingShingle | An equilibrium profile model for tidal environments Bernabéu Tello, Ana María Equilibrium beach profile Tide Wave breaking Wave shoaling |
| title | An equilibrium profile model for tidal environments |
| title_full | An equilibrium profile model for tidal environments |
| title_fullStr | An equilibrium profile model for tidal environments |
| title_full_unstemmed | An equilibrium profile model for tidal environments |
| title_short | An equilibrium profile model for tidal environments |
| title_sort | An equilibrium profile model for tidal environments |
| topic | Equilibrium beach profile Tide Wave breaking Wave shoaling |
| topic_facet | Equilibrium beach profile Tide Wave breaking Wave shoaling |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10902/4127 |