Wave Breaking and Wave Driven Flow in the Nearshore

Abstract

The long-term goals of this research are to understand and model the spatial and temporal transformation of wave breaking in the surf zone of natural beaches, and to predict the effect of wave breaking on the forcing of mean and oscillatory flow, sediment transport, and the evolution of large scale topography. The objectives are: 1) Improved modeling of wave breaking patterns observed in the surf zone, and the effect of wave breaking on the spatial distribution of mean flow and sediment transport. (2) Develop Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) methods to measure surface currents inside and near the surf zone from video imagery of the sea surface.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2000
Accession Number
ADA609992

Entities

People

  • Thomas C. Lippmann

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cameras
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Displacement
  • Engineering
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Image Processing
  • Measurement
  • Remote Sensing
  • Sedimentation
  • Software Development
  • Spatial Distribution
  • Stratified Fluids
  • Video
  • Video Cameras
  • Video Recording

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Fluid Dynamics.