TOWARD AN IMPROVED EMPIRICAL FORMULA FOR LONGSHORE SAND TRANSPORT
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Keywords

longshore transport
sediment transport
empirical formula

How to Cite

Kraus, N. C., Gingerich, K. J., & Rosati, J. D. (1988). TOWARD AN IMPROVED EMPIRICAL FORMULA FOR LONGSHORE SAND TRANSPORT. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(21), 88. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v21.88

Abstract

This paper presents results of two field experiments performed using portable traps to obtain point measurements of the longshore sand transport rate in the surf zone. The magnitude of the transport rate per unit width of surf zone is found to depend on the product of the local wave height and mean longshore current speed, but correlation is much improved by including two correction terms, one accounting for local wave energy dissipation and the other for the fluctuation in the longshore current. The field transport rates are also found to be compatible with laboratory rates obtained under combined unidirectional and oscillatory flow. Total transport rates previously reported for this experiment program are revised with recently determined sand trapping efficiencies.
https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v21.88
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