Tidal Inlets: Hydrodynamics and Morphodynamics
Cambridge University Press, 6/22/2017
EAN 9781107194410, ISBN10: 1107194415
Hardcover, 220 pages, 26.5 x 18.8 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
This book describes the latest developments in the hydrodynamics and morphodynamics of tidal inlets, with an emphasis on natural inlets. A review of morphological features and sand transport pathways is presented, followed by an overview of empirical relationships between inlet cross-sectional area, ebb delta volume, flood delta volume and tidal prism. Results of field observations and laboratory experiments are discussed and simple mathematical models are presented that calculate the inlet current and basin tide. The method to evaluate the cross-sectional stability of inlets, proposed by Escoffier, is reviewed, and is expanded, for the first time, to include double inlet systems. This volume is an ideal reference for coastal scientists, engineers and researchers, in the fields of coastal engineering, geomorphology, marine geology and oceanography.
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Geomorphology
3. Sand transport pathways
4. Sand transport and sand bypassing at selected inlets
5. Empirical relationships
6. Tidal inlet hydrodynamics (neglecting depth variations with tidal stage)
7. Tidal inlet hydrodynamics (including depth variations with tidal stage)
8. Cross-sectional stability of a single inlet system
9. Cross-sectional stability of a double inlet system
10. Cross-sectional stability of a double inlet system
spatially varying basin water level
11. Morphodynamic modeling of tidal inlets
process-based simulation models
12. Morphodynamic modeling of tidal inlets
empirical models
13. River flow and entrance stability
14. Engineering of tidal inlets
References
Index.