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Modeling Wave Overtopping on a Seawall with XBeach, IH2VOF, and Mase Formulas.
- Source :
- Water (20734441); Sep2020, Vol. 12 Issue 9, p2526, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The advances in computational fluid dynamics have made numerical modeling a reliable complementary tool to the traditional physical modeling in the study of the wave overtopping phenomenon. This paper addresses overtopping on a seawall by combining the numerical models XBeach (non-hydrostatic and Surfbeat modes) and IH2VOF, and the Mase formulas. This work is structured in two phases: (i) phase I assesses the performance of numerical models and formulas in modeling wave run-up and overtopping on a seawall for a solid profile bottom and representative hydro-morphologic conditions of a study site in the Portuguese west coast; (ii) phase II investigates the effect of the profile bottom variation in the overtopping phenomenon for extreme maritime storm field conditions of the study site, considering a solid bottom and a varying sandy bottom. The results indicate that XBeach underestimates the wave energy, and the frequency and intensity of the overtopping occurrences predicted by IH2VOF; the numerical models' run-up and overtopping discharge predictions are overestimated by the Mase formulas, in simplified and in storm field conditions; and the variation of the bottom morphology throughout the storm event greatly influences the XBeach predictions, while the Mase results are mostly influenced by the bottom roughness. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COMPUTATIONAL fluid dynamics
FORECASTING
WAVE energy
WORK structure
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20734441
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Water (20734441)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 147001975
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/w12092526