Bed shear stress coefficient within the surf zone

Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. === An analytical formulation of the bed shear stress coefficient inside the surf zone is derived using the concept of radiation stress. A truncated Rayleigh p.d.f. is used to describe the wave field inside the surf zone and provides the input...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Veitia Garcia, Carlos Severino
Other Authors: Thornton, E.B.
Language:en_US
Published: Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10945/18030