Organization:


Funded by: NWO  &  STW

PhD: Elena Gagarina

Supervisor: Onno Bokhove / Jaap van der Vegt

Collaboration:

Compatible Mathematical Models for Coastal Hydrodynamics 

Description:


The hydrodynamics in the near-shore coastal zone concerns the water motion on the centimeter to kilometer range scales near coastlines. The effects of wave breaking on vortices and currents; dispersive wave

phenomena; wave-vortex interactions; and, the flooding and drying on beaches and dikes occurring in storm surges constitute this complex near-shore hydrodynamics.

The project aims to create new mathematical models to predict and analyze these phenomena in our fight to keep the nether lands dry.

Publications:



Papers:

  1. • C. Cotter and O. Bokhove 2010:
    Water wave model with accurate dispersion and vertical vorticity. Peregrine Commemorative Issue J. Eng. Maths. 67, 33-54.


Conference items:

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Posters:

  1. •Gagarine, E, Bokhove, O, van der Vegt, J.J.W.
    “Hamiltonian water wave model with vertical vorticity” , Cambridge Workshop, 11-15 April (2011)

  2. •Bokhove, O., Gagarina E., Martin Robinson, Anthony Thornton, Jaap van der Vegt, Wout Zweers
    ”Bore Soliton Splash” EGU Vienna, 3-8 april ,(2011)."




last updated 24-08-2011

At the beach next to Tyne Pier near Newcastle, obliquely incident breaking waves generate a longshore current towards us. A shear concerning the vertical component of vorticity arises in the surf zone due to this breaking wave activity. Photo courtesy: O. Bokhove.