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Indexed by: Journal Article

Date of Publication: 2014-09-01

Journal: ACTA OCEANOLOGICA SINICA

Included Journals: Scopus、ISTIC、PKU、SCIE、CSCD

Volume: 33

Issue: 9

Page Number: 40-46

ISSN: 0253-505X

Key Words: coast hydrodynamics; water wave; mild-slope equation; wave-induced currents; numerical modeling

Abstract: In this paper, the water waves and wave-induced longshore currents in Obakoy coastal water which is located at the Mediterranean coast of Turkey were numerically studied. The numerical model is based on the parabolic mild-slope equation for coastal water waves and the nonlinear shallow water equation for the wave-induced currents. The wave transformation under the effects of shoaling, refraction, diffraction and breaking is considered, and the wave provides radiation stresses for driving currents in the model. The numerical results for the water wave-induced longshore currents were validated by the measured data to demonstrate the efficiency of the numerical model. Then the water waves and longshore currents induced by the waves from main directions were numerically simulated and analyzed based on the numerical results. The numerical results show that the movement of the longshore currents was different while the wave propagated to a coastal zone from different directions.