Numerical model of beach profile changes
Abstract
This paper describes an improved numerical model for prediction of beach profile changes that was presented by us in 1988. Here, we use a different formula to calculate the on-offshore sediment transport rate and a new distributed function is employed. Also, a new submodel of wave deformation is considered in the surf zone. The concepts of moving boundary and adaptive grid system are adopted in this model. The predicted beach changes are compared with experimental data and results of other researches, and show the present model produces simalation reasonably well.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Coastal and Marine Dynamics
Aquatic and Environmental Studies
Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
Publication details
- Journal / source
- CRC Press eBooks
- Pages
- 219–226
- Publication date
- 10 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter