Predictions of Bedforms in Tidal Inlets and River Mouths
Abstract
The long-term goals of the study are to model and measure bedforms in tidal inlets and river mouths. Specifically, the goals are: 1) to use an existing self-organization model to predict multiple scales of bedform formation, growth and migration in combined steady, tidal and wave-driven flows, 2) to compare model predictions with measurements (from both the literature and from a tidal inlet/river mouth experiment), 3) to test the hypothesis that subaqueous bedforms will grow indefinitely for a given set of conditions and that different scales of bedforms will occur simultaneously because of this continuous growth, and 4) to incorporate this bedform model into community modeling systems (eg CSDMS) to improve modeling of flow, sediment transport and morphology change in river mouths and tidal inlets.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 30, 2012
- Accession Number
- ADA572757
Entities
People
- Edith L. Gallagher
Organizations
- Franklin & Marshall College