Program for Comparison of Wave Theories for Waves Over Cohesive Sediments

Abstract

The need to protect restore, and create wetlands in places such as coastal Louisiana has forced wetland scientists to reevaluate the standard models used for predicting waves, currents, shear forces, and soil behavior based on adaptability to the shallow, complexly connected and muddy marshes, ponds, waterways, and embayments. A program to compare various theoretical models for predicting surface wave propagation over cohesive bottom sediments is presented here. The program provides a tool for coastal scientists and engineers to better understand the interaction of waves and muddy bottom sediments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA434434

Entities

People

  • Jack Davis
  • Joseph N. Suhayda

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Civil Engineering
  • Dispersion Relations
  • Engineers
  • Fluids
  • Layers
  • Mechanics
  • Personal Computers
  • Scientists
  • Sediments
  • Shear Modulus
  • Standards
  • Surface Waves
  • Water
  • Water Waves
  • Waterways
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.