In the present paper a general longshore transport (LT) model is proposed after a re-calibration of the modeloriginally introduced by Lamberti and Tomasicchio (1997) based on a modified stability number, Ns**, forstone 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 atshallow 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 extendthe 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 LTestimation of not cohesive units at a coastal body. The comparison showed that the model gives a betteragreement 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 anengineering tool suitable for a large range of conditions, from sandy beaches till reshaping breakwaters.

General longshore transport model / Tomasicchio, Gr; D’Alessandro, F; Barbaro, G; Malara, G. - In: COASTAL ENGINEERING. - ISSN 0378-3839. - LXXI:I(2013), pp. 28-36. [10.1016/j.coastaleng.2012.07.004]

General longshore transport model

BARBARO G;MALARA G
2013-01-01

Abstract

In the present paper a general longshore transport (LT) model is proposed after a re-calibration of the modeloriginally introduced by Lamberti and Tomasicchio (1997) based on a modified stability number, Ns**, forstone 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 atshallow 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 extendthe 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 LTestimation of not cohesive units at a coastal body. The comparison showed that the model gives a betteragreement 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 anengineering tool suitable for a large range of conditions, from sandy beaches till reshaping breakwaters.
2013
Longshore transport; Reshaping or berm breakwaters; Gravel beaches; Sandy beaches; Mobility index
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