Abstract

In the present paper a general longshore transport (LT) model is proposed after a re-calibration of the model originally introduced by Lamberti and Tomasicchio (1997) based on a modified stability number, Ns**, for stone mobility at reshaping or berm breakwaters. Ns** resembles the traditional stability number (Ahrens, 1987; van der Meer, 1988) taking into account the effects of a non-Rayleighian wave height distribution at shallow water (Klopman and Stive, 1989), wave steepness, wave obliquity, and nominal diameter of the units. Nine high-quality data sets from field and laboratory experiments have been considered to extend the validity of the original model for a wider mobility range of the units: from stones to sands. The predictive capability of the proposed model has been verified against the most popular formulae in literature for the LT estimation of not cohesive units at a coastal body. The comparison showed that the model gives a better agreement with the physical data with respect to the other investigated formulae. The proposed transport model presents a main advantage with respect to other formulae: it can represent an engineering tool suitable for a large range of conditions, from sandy beaches till reshaping breakwaters.

Autore Pugliese

• Tomasicchio Giuseppe , D'alessandro Felice

Tutti gli autori

• Tomasicchio G. , D'Alessandro F. , G. Barbaro , G. Malara

Titolo volume/Rivista

COASTAL ENGINEERING

Anno di pubblicazione

2013

ISSN

0378-3839

ISBN

Non Disponibile

Numero di citazioni Wos

14

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

27/04/2018

Numero di citazioni Scopus

20

Ultimo Aggiornamento Citazioni

28/04/2018

Settori ERC

Non Disponibile

Codici ASJC

Non Disponibile