Implementation of Structures in the CMS: Part 2, Weir
Abstract
This Coastal and Hydraulics Engineering Technical Note (CHETN) describes the mathematical formulation, numerical implementation, and input specifications of weir structures in the Coastal Modeling System (CMS) operated through the Surface-water Modeling System (SMS). A coastal application at Rudee Inlet, Virginia is provided to illustrate the implementation procedure and demonstrate the model capability. A weir is an overflow structure built across a river or an open channel, allowing water to flow over the top. Weirs are commonly used for flow and flooding control and salinity and sediment management. Weirs are also constructed as nearshore coastal structures, such as weir jetties, to control longshore sediment transport, stabilize channel morphology, and protect harbors and navigation channels (Figure 1). In coastal applications, weirs represent unique features of solid structures and it is necessary to incorporate the structures into coastal hydrodynamic and sediment transport modeling systems. The CMS, developed by the Coastal Inlets Research Program (CIRP), is an integrated suite of numerical models for simulating water surface elevation, current, waves, sediment transport, and morphology change in coastal and inlet applications. It consists of a hydrodynamic and sediment transport model, CMS-Flow, and a spectral wave model, CMS-Wave (Sanchez et al. 2011a; Sanchez et al. 2011b; Lin et al. 2011). Both are described in Part I of this series (Li et al. 2013).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA585313
Entities
People
- Alejandro Sánchez
- Christopher Reed
- Honghai Li
- Weiming Wu
Organizations
- Engineer Research and Development Center