Boundary layer dynamics in the swash zone under large-scale laboratory conditions
Boundary layer dynamics in the swash zone under large-scale laboratory conditions
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大尺度实验室条件下冲流区边界层动力学
DOI:
10.1016/j.coastaleng.2015.08.001
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发表时间:
2016-07
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
Andrea Ruju;D. Conley;G. Masselink;M. Austin;J. Puleo;T. Lanckriet;D. L. Foster
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作者:
Andrea Ruju;D. Conley;G. Masselink;M. Austin;J. Puleo;T. Lanckriet;D. L. Foster
This paper presents the results of a laboratory experiment of swash hydrodynamics on a coarse sand barrier beach backed by a lagoon. Boundary layer dynamics have been analyzed using the high-resolution near-bed velocities measured by Acoustic Doppler Velocity Profilers deployed in the swash zone. Swash events have been ensemble-averaged in order to study mean hydrodynamic patterns. A proposed velocity gradient criterion allowed identification of the boundary layer growth during the backwash phase, but it was unable to characterize boundary layer variability during uprush. Cross-shore velocity profiles were well represented by the logarithmic model for a large portion of the ensemble-averaged swash duration. Uprush and backwash logarithmic-estimated friction factors were of the same order of magnitude with a strong variability related to the boundary layer growth during the backwash. The momentum integral method provided smaller bed shear stresses than the logarithmic model, a result possibly related to either the assumptions involved in the momentum integral method or to an underestimation of the boundary layer thickness during uprush. A decrease of friction coefficients for increasing Reynolds numbers at the early backwash was observed. This behavior is consistent with traditional results for steady and uniform flows in a transitional regime.