Initialization and Setup of the Coastal Model Test Bed: CSHORE

Abstract

This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Tech Note (CHETN) introduces the application of the cross-shore wave, hydrodynamic, and morphology evolution model CSHORE in the Coastal Model Test Bed (CMTB). Numerical models such as CSHORE are frequently employed by engineers and scientists to investigate various environmental conditions that drive complex coastal morphology evolution at relatively low cost. The CMTB is an initiative to evaluate the strengths and shortcomings in the performance of these coastal numerical models by comparing the model results to high-resolution measurements at the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), Field Research Facility (FRF), in Duck, NC (Bak et al. 2017). CSHORE is a one-dimensional (1D) numerical model including waves, currents, and bed evolution in the nearshore (Johnson et al. 2012; Kobayashi 2013); this document lays out the models current setup and configuration as part of the CMTB.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2019
Accession Number
AD1069565

Entities

People

  • A. Spicer Bak
  • Bradley D. Johnson
  • David L. Young

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coastal Engineering
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Measurement
  • Model Tests
  • Operating Systems
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Research Facilities
  • Sedimentation
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Statistics
  • Suspended Sediments
  • Test Beds
  • Water Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation