Sediment Transport Modeling and Application for Ocean Beach and San Francisco Bight, CA

Abstract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District (SPN) and Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP) are presently performing hydrodynamics, wave, and sediment transport numerical modeling study with the Coastal Modeling System (CMS) to evaluate a designated dredged-material placement site nearshore the beach erosion hot spot and onshore nourishment alternatives on Ocean Beach, California. Both model results and measurements reveal that tidal forcing is the main process in the nearshore area where the tidal current is predominantly along the shoreline. The calculated sediment transport shows more longshore movement than cross-shore shoreward the dredged-material placement site. The model result also indicates significant sediment erosion at Ocean Beach.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA576430

Entities

People

  • Frank Wu
  • Haolin Li
  • James G. Zoulas
  • Lihwa Lin
  • Lisa C. Andes

Organizations

  • Engineer Research and Development Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army
  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Beach Erosion
  • Engineers
  • Geological Surveys
  • Hydrodynamics
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Offshore
  • Regions
  • San Francisco Bay
  • Sedimentation
  • Shores
  • Surveys
  • Tidal Currents
  • Transport Ships
  • Underwater Acoustics

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering