Unsteady Wave-Driven Circulation Cells Relevant to Rip Currents and Coastal Engineering

Abstract

The long term goals of this project are to predict waves, currents, sediment transport and morphological development in the nearshore ocean with accuracy and efficiency. The technological objectives of this project are to investigate the mechanics of wave-driven flow on complex topographies. Specifically, we are examining the occurrence, forms, and detailed causes of flow instabilities over complex topographies; the influence of three dimensional topographical features on large scale flow features, and the forms and utility of simplified expressions in predicting flows.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA523301

Entities

People

  • Andrew Kennedy

Organizations

  • University of Florida

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Base Flow
  • Cells
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Flow
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Information Operations
  • Instability
  • Mechanics
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Secondary Waves
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Three Dimensional
  • Topography
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Fluid Dynamics.