Author(s): Achilleas G. Samaras; Theophanis V. Karambas
Linked Author(s): Theofanis Karambas, Achilleas Samaras
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Abstract: Morphodynamic processes are among the most complex ones to accurately simulate in the coastal zone. Their evolution depends on the combined effect of waves and currents, whose interaction becomes increasingly complicated when moving within the breaker zone and towards the swash. Morphological modelling nowadays has to present a wide array of available models that attempt to describe the involved processes at different spatial and temporal scales and at varying levels of detail. The interplay between the reliable representation of the aforementioned processes, the inclusion of the interactions with coastal structures, versatility and computational effort are the factors that eventually define each model’s usefulness in coastal engineering research and practice, with these factors weighted accordingly based on each application’s objectives.
Year: 2022