Application of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) in Nearshore Mixing: A Comparison to Laboratory Data

Soroush Abolfathi; Jonathan Pearson

doi:10.9753/icce.v35.currents.16

Application of Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) in Nearshore Mixing: A Comparison to Laboratory Data

Soroush Abolfathi
, Jonathan Pearson

University of Warwick

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A weakly compressible smoothed particle hydrodynamics (WCSPH) method is used to simulate the nearshore flow hydrodynamics. The wave induced dispersion and diffusion are determined for monochromatic waves with significant wave height of 0.12 m and the wave period of 1.2 sec (Sop=5%) based on WCSPH wave dynamics. The hydrodynamics of WCSPH model are compared to the laboratory results obtained from series of LDA measurements. The overall mixing coefficients across the nearshore are determined from WCSPH hydrodynamics. The mixing coefficients obtained are compared with the values determined from a series of fluorometric studies performed in a large-scale facility in DHI, Denmark. The results show that the wave profiles are in good agreement with the experimental data. The WCSPH model is proven to be well capable of estimating the dispersion across the nearshore.

Original language	English
Number of pages	12
Journal	Coastal Engineering Proceedings
Volume	35
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v35.currents.16
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	35th Conference on Coastal Engineering - Antalya, Turkey Duration: 17 Nov 2016 → 20 Nov 2016

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WCSPH
Dispersion
Diffusion
nearshore mixing
LDA

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