Reply to "The Morphological Response Time Of Nearshore Profiles"

Abstract

O'Hare and Huntley identify two problems in Plant et al. [2001] (hereafter, PRW2001), which ultimately lead them to conclude that sandbars and the "equilibrium" profile (as defined by PRW2001) may interact on the same timescales. We acknowledge the first problem (a mistake in a derivation) and find that the second problem raises an interesting point (how to correctly interpret an ad hoc treatment of Bagnold's efficiency factor). However, we find that their re-analysis does not support their conclusions, and does not significantly change the conclusions presented in PRW2001.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 06, 2006
Accession Number
ADA450916

Entities

People

  • Nathaniel G. Plant

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coefficients
  • Earth Sciences
  • Efficiency
  • Equations
  • Free Stream
  • Information Operations
  • Military Research
  • North Carolina
  • Regions
  • Sedimentation
  • Sediments
  • Shear Stresses
  • Stresses
  • Transport Ships

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Theoretical Analysis.