A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF UNDERTOW

J. Buhr Hansen; I.A. Svendsen

doi:10.9753/icce.v19.151

No. 19 (1984), Conference Proceedings

No. 19 (1984)

A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF UNDERTOW

Conference Proceedings

Published 1984-01-29

J. Buhr Hansen⁺⁻
I.A. Svendsen⁺⁻

J. Buhr Hansen

Assoc. Prof., Institute of Hydrodynamics and Hydraulic Engineering (ISVA), Technical University of Denmark

I.A. Svendsen

Assoc. Prof., Institute of Hydrodynamics and Hydraulic Engineering (ISVA), Technical University of Denmark

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undertow
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A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF UNDERTOW. (1984). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(19), 151. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v19.151

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It is well known that on a three-dimensional beach large volumes of water carried shorewards by the breakers feed longshore currents, which eventually escape back through the breaker line, often as rip currents. In a steady two-dimensional situation, however, the mass flux represented by (among other things) the surface roller in the breakers returns as a seaward current close to the bottom. This current is called the undertow. In this paper theoretical results for the undertow are compared with the results of recent laboratory experiments.

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