TY - GEN
T1 - Hydrodynamic modeling of New River Inlet, North Carolina using NearCoM-TVD
AU - Chen, Jia-Lin
AU - Hsu, Tian Jian
AU - Shi, Fengyan
AU - Raubenheimer, Britt
AU - Elgar, Steve
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - The goal of this study is to investigate the role of wave-current interaction in tidal inlet hydrodynamics. A quasi-3D nearshore community model, NearCoM-TVD, is used to simulate circulation and waves at New River Inlet, NC, USA. Model skill for waves and circulation is evaluated at about 30 locations throughout the inlet, including a recently dredged navigation channel, a shallower channel, a flood tidal delta, and ebb tidal deltas, for a range of flow conditions in May 2012. Model skills for flow velocity and wave height are high in the channels. The numerical model also captures the sharp transition between wave-dominated and tide-dominated flows near the ebb tidal deltas. Model results demonstrate that wave intensity plays an important role in circulation (vortex) generation near inlet entrances.
AB - The goal of this study is to investigate the role of wave-current interaction in tidal inlet hydrodynamics. A quasi-3D nearshore community model, NearCoM-TVD, is used to simulate circulation and waves at New River Inlet, NC, USA. Model skill for waves and circulation is evaluated at about 30 locations throughout the inlet, including a recently dredged navigation channel, a shallower channel, a flood tidal delta, and ebb tidal deltas, for a range of flow conditions in May 2012. Model skills for flow velocity and wave height are high in the channels. The numerical model also captures the sharp transition between wave-dominated and tide-dominated flows near the ebb tidal deltas. Model results demonstrate that wave intensity plays an important role in circulation (vortex) generation near inlet entrances.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84957629253
T3 - Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference
BT - Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2014
A2 - Lynett, Patrick
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 34th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2014
Y2 - 15 June 2014 through 20 June 2014
ER -