A SEMI-ANALYTIC MODEL OF TIDAL INLETS AND THEIR EVOLUTION

Magnus Larson; Almir Nunes; Hitoshi Tanaka; Hans Hanson

doi:10.9753/icce.v36.sediment.62

No. 36 (2018), Sediment Transport and Morphology

No. 36 (2018)

A SEMI-ANALYTIC MODEL OF TIDAL INLETS AND THEIR EVOLUTION

Sediment Transport and Morphology

https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36.sediment.62

Published 2018-12-30

Magnus Larson
Almir Nunes
Hitoshi Tanaka
Hans Hanson

Magnus Larson

Almir Nunes

Hitoshi Tanaka

Hans Hanson

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Larson, M., Nunes, A., Tanaka, H., & Hanson, H. (2018). A SEMI-ANALYTIC MODEL OF TIDAL INLETS AND THEIR EVOLUTION. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(36), sediment.62. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v36.sediment.62

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The water exchange between the sea and a lagoon or bay through an inlet due to tides is a classical topic that has been investigated in a large number of studies (Keulegan, 1967; O'Brien and Dean, 1972; O'Brien and Clark, 1974; Escoffier, 1977). In this paper, a simple semi-analytic model of the flow induced by tides through an inlet connecting the sea to a lagoon or bay is developed. The model is employed to derive explicit expressions for key parameters associated with inlet flows such as bay water level amplitude, tidal prism, maximum inlet velocity, and mixing (retention) time. Also, the inlet flow model is combined with a sediment transport model to determine the conditions for equilibrium as well as the evolution of the inlet cross-sectional area towards equilibrium or closure.

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