A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF UNDERTOW
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Keywords

undertow
theoretical study
experimental study

How to Cite

Hansen, J. B., & Svendsen, I. (1984). A THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF UNDERTOW. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(19), 151. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v19.151

Abstract

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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