Efficient Non-Hydrostatic Modeling of Rotational, Turbulent, Dispersive, and Variable-Density Flows in the Vicinity of River Mouths and Inlets: Development and Field Support

Abstract

The long-range goal of this project is to develop a physics framework, and an associated numerical tool, which provides relatively rapid, phase-resolving predictions of wavy environments in the presence of strong currents and vertical stratification. The benefit of this approach, as contrasted with existing models, is that here we are able to more completely represent the nonlinear wave field, without using coarse statistical approximations, and can include the non-hydrostatic physics introduced by these nearshore wind waves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2013
Accession Number
ADA597873

Entities

People

  • Patrick J. Lynett

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundary Layer
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Electrical Solitons
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Equations
  • Experimental Data
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Fluids
  • Mechanics
  • Physics
  • Surface Waves
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tidal Currents
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)