Print Email Facebook Twitter Circulation patterns and shoreline response induced by submerged breakwaters Title Circulation patterns and shoreline response induced by submerged breakwaters Author Villani, M. Bosboom, J. Zijlema, M. Stive, M.J.F. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 2012-07-01 Abstract Submerged shore-parallel breakwaters for coastal defence (henceforth SBWs) are a good compromise between the need to mitigate the effects of waves on the coast and the ambition to ensure the preservation of the landscape and water quality. However, if not properly designed, such structures can force circulation patterns that enhance shoreline erosion rather than shoreline accretion. Numerical models can be used to investigate the structure-induced circulation patterns and the resulting shoreline response. However, being computationally demanding these models are most suitable for advanced stages of the design process. The aim of this paper is to present a simple criterion to qualitatively identify whether an accretive or erosive circulation pattern can be expected in the lee of the structures. The criterion is based on analytical considerations and builds on the model presented by Bellotti (2004, 2007). It is validated against the non-hydrostatic free surface numerical model SWASH (Zijlema et al. 2011) and experiments performed by Haller et al. (2002). The validation indicates that the proposed analytical model is capable of providing a rapid first assessment of the potential shoreline response mode for SBW design. Subject coastal defencesubmerged breakwaterscoastal currentsdesign criterion To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:3e0483e7-6bdd-4f0b-81d6-c88030481e4f Publisher Coastal Engineering Research Council ISSN 2156-1028 Source ICCE 2012: Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Santander, Spain, 1-6 July 2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) 2012 The Author(s)Creative Commons BY Files PDF Bosboom_2012.pdf 745.65 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:3e0483e7-6bdd-4f0b-81d6-c88030481e4f/datastream/OBJ/view