Unsteady Wave-Driven Circulation Cells Relevant to Rip Currents and Coastal Engineering
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The technological objectives of this project are to investigate the mechanics of wave-driven flow on complex topographies. Specifically, we are examining the occurrence, forms, and detailed causes of flow instabilities over complex topographies; the influence of three dimensional topographical features on large scale flow features, the forms and utility of simplified expressions in predicting flows, and the effects of flows on detailed morphology. We are also investigating the role of these flows on large scale morphological evolution.
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