Bottom Profile Evolution of a Perched Nourished Beach
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 140, Issue 5
Abstract
The evolution of a toe-protected nourished beach, located at Belvedere Marittimo (Italy), was investigated by means of both a physical model and a numerical morphological approach. Several surveys, including bottom profiles, sedimentology, and wave climate, were available after the nourishment for this site. Results showed that the physical model is in a fairly good agreement with the field surveys regarding localized phenomena such as the scour around the barrier, whereas it lacks in predicting the slope of the beach profile. The results of the morphological model, carried out on the basis of the field data, well reproduce the beach slope. On the other hand, when it is applied with the same parameters of the physical model, it lacks accuracy in predicting the experimental beach profile.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported by the Progetti di Ricerca di Interesse Nazionale-Research Projects of National Interest 2012 project (2012BYTPR5, Modellazione di processi idromorfodinamici costieri per applicazioni ingegneristiche), the POR Calabria 2000–2006 project “Low impact solutions for littoral protection,” and Hydralab IV, “More than water, dealing with the complex interaction of water with environmental elements, sediment, structure and ice, JRA-WISE,” financed by the European Commission (Grant Agreement No. 26150). Dr. F. Aristodemo and Dr. R. Musumeci are acknowledged for several discussions and useful insights.
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Received: Jul 5, 2013
Accepted: Dec 10, 2013
Published online: Dec 12, 2013
Discussion open until: Aug 10, 2014
Published in print: Sep 1, 2014
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