New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Short communication: Breaking wave propagation model based on the turbulent eddy viscosity concept and the Boussinesq equations

JAN G. A. ARTS

Central Laboratories
Works Consultancy Services Ltd
P. O. Box 30-845
Lower Hutt, New Zealand

Abstract  A turbulent eddy viscosity model based on analytical expressions for the energy dissipation in a bore is presented to predict wave conditions in the surf zone. The computational model, based on the Boussinesq equations, has been tested for a bar-trough beach in random waves, and the results are compared with wave flume measurements. The root-mean-square (rms) values of the wave heights in the breaker zone are well predicted, but detailed features of the setup are not accurately presented by the model.

Keywords  eddy viscosity; surf zone; breaking waves

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1994: Vol. 28: 317-321

0028-8330/94/2803-0317 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1994

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