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Author(s): Hakeem Johnson, Jort Wilkens, Andy Parsons, Tim Chesher Dissemination Status: Publicly available Released to all regions Keywords: Nearshore Breakwaters, Beach control, Morphological modelling, guidance, macro-tidal sites Research Contractor: Halcrow Group Ltd., Burderop Park, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN4 0QD, Tel: +44 (0)1793 812479; Fax +44 (0)1793 812089 HR Wallingford Ltd., Howbery Park, Wallingford Oxon OX10 8BA, Tel: +44 (0)1491 835381; Fax: +44 (0)1491 832233 Environment Agencys Project Manager: Eleanor Heron, Evidence Directorate Theme Manager: Geoff Baxter, Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) Project Number: SC0600026 Product Code: SCHO0210BRYN-E-P
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Executive summary
Background
Nearshore detached breakwaters are often considered an option for beach erosion control as part of coastal defence schemes. The dominant effect of a detached breakwater is to reduce the incident wave energy on a section of the coast and thereby reduce the sediment transport capacity in the sheltered region. In this way, detached breakwaters promote shoreline accretion in their lee. Detached breakwaters have been used extensively in Japan, the US, Singapore and the Mediterranean, mainly along micro-tidal coasts (tidal range < 2m). Their use in the UK, where there are many meso-tidal (tidal range between 2m and 4m) and macrotidal coasts (tidal range >4m), is relatively recent (from 1980; CIRIA 1996). More than 75 per cent of the UK coastline can be classified as meso- or macro-tidal coasts (see co-tidal chart 5058 from UK Hydrographic Office). Rogers et al. (2006) carried out a review of existing design guidance for determining the geometrical layout of breakwater schemes to achieve a desired level of coastal protection. They concluded that the existing guidance is largely based on empirical data from micro-tidal coasts, and that the understanding of beach-breakwater interaction along meso- or macro-tidal coasts is very limited. In order to bridge this gap, the present research study was commissioned under the joint Environment Agency/ Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) research programme. The aim of the study was to help improve practical design guidance for determining the geometrical layout of breakwater schemes on sandy macro-tidal coasts. The development of this guidance has also been informed by the collaboration of the project team with members of the academic research community that carried out the LEACOAST2: scientific study between 2005 and 2008. Eight short papers from the study, which was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), are collected in Appendix A. The present report documents the scientific findings from this study. A companion report entitled Guidance for outline design of nearshore detached breakwaters on sandy macro-tidal coasts (Environment Agency 2009) documents the guidance drawn up from the findings of this study. The guidance report is aimed at assisting coastal practitioners who need to determine geometrical layout of breakwater schemes at the option appraisal stage.
Objectives
The main objectives of this study are summarised below. To provide an engineering steer to the EPSRC-funded scientific study. To undertake generic modelling under a variety of forcing conditions, focusing on tidal processes in combination with wave effects for arrays of nearshore detached breakwaters on a straight coastline. To conduct a detailed analysis of the output from the generic modelling in order to assess the effects of tidal processes on the influence that breakwaters have on the behaviour of the shoreline.
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To produce practical guidance for outline design of nearshore detached breakwaters in the macro-tidal environment. To disseminate the study findings. Although the original objective was focused on determining the effect of tides on morphological response, it became clear during the study that existing guidance for micro-tidal beaches does not include all the important dimensionless parameters. Thus, work was also carried out to investigate the morphological response for non-tidal beaches.
The main conclusions from the investigation of the effects of tides on the morphological response in the lee of breakwaters are summarised in the paragraphs below. It was found that the relative salient lengths reduce as the tidal range increases for shore normal waves. However, for large values of Ls/X (>1.3) the influence of tidal range is not significant (if the breakwater is emergent through the tidal cycle). Furthermore, the base of the salient is wider for tides compared with the non-tidal case. Progressive tides (where the maximum current speed occurs near high water) result in deflection of the nearshore bathymetry in the direction of high water flow. For the same tidal range, the salient length is slightly increased for standing tides (where the maximum current speed occurs near mean sea level) compared with progressive tides. For oblique wave cases (wave direction at 45o to shore normal in 15m depth of water), the two numerical models used in the study (PISCES and MIKE 21 CAMS) show conflicting trends of the salient length with tidal range. This is considered to be due to the differences in the processes represented in the models. However, it is noted that the incident wave conditions at any given site typically consist of a range of wave directions. Furthermore, detached breakwaters are typically oriented to be shore
Ls is length of breakwater, X is the distance from the shoreline to the breakwater and Xb is the distance from the shoreline to the location of wave breaking. 2 The salient length S is the offshore extent of the salient (bulge in shoreline behind the breakwater) from the initial shoreline.
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parallel, which is typically at a small angle to the dominant wave direction. Thus, it is recommended that the indicative trend for shore-normal waves should be used for practical cases. Both models show a downdrift shift in the location of the salient with oblique wave incidence. The relative salient length reduces as the breakwater crest level is reduced. The effect is more pronounced for cases where the breakwater is relatively close to the shoreline (Ls/X 1.3). Furthermore, beach levels are lower as the breakwater crest level is reduced. This is also confirmed by observations made at Sea Palling on the Norfolk coast of the UK during the EPSRC research project (see Appendix A). These observations show that the salient lengths behind low crested breakwaters are significantly shorter and the beach levels are lower compared with high crested breakwaters. The seabed erosion across the nearshore profile in the breakwater bay generally reduces with increasing tidal range. There is more movement of the beach contours above mean sea level and, in particular, more erosion above mean sea level with increasing tidal range. It was found that the simulated mean sea level shorelines in the bay for emerged breakwaters in tidal cases agree reasonably well with the bay shoreline planforms predicted using the method of Silvester and Hsu (1997). It is noted, however, that this result is obtained for test cases with a large gap width between the breakwaters. In the general case where the gap widths significantly influence the wave conditions in the bay, it is presently not clear if the same result will be obtained. Based on the results above, two preliminary design graphs for determining the effects of tidal range and breakwater crest on salient length are proposed and incorporated in a companion design guidance report (Environment Agency 2010). The guidance report also contains worked examples illustrating the application of the design graphs in outline design.
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Acknowledgements
We hereby express our thanks to Steve Jenkinson, Uwe Dornbusch, Geoff Baxter and Eleanor Heron (all of the Environment Agency) and Emeritus Professor B. A. OConnor for their constructive comments on the first draft of this report. We would also like to thank all members of the parallel LEACOAST2 research consortium, funded by the EPSRC, for the constructive discussions over the course of the project. The extensive field and numerical modelling work carried out by the research consortium to study the nearshore breakwater scheme at Sea Palling in Norfolk provided a good foundation for the work carried out in this study. We would also like to thank them for their contribution in the form of short technical papers to this report (Appendix A). Lastly, we would also like to thank the following for their valuable contributions to the project: Suresh Surendran, Stefan Laeger, Ben Hamer, Jonathan Rogers and Adam Davidson.
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Abbreviations
2D 2DH 3D ABS Defra EDF EOF EPSRC FCERM HW LNH MSL SSPB SWAN Two-dimensional Two-dimensional, horizontal (depth averaged 2D model) Three-dimensional Acoustic backscatter Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Electricit de France Empirical orthogonal function UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management High water EDFs National Hydraulics and Environmental Laboratory Mean Sea Level Segmented shore-parallel breakwaters Simulating WAves Nearshore
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Contents
1 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2 2.1 2.2 3 3.1 3.2 3.3 4 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 5 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 6 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 7 7.1 7.2 Introduction Background Effect of detached breakwaters Outline design of detached breakwaters This report Convention Literature review Existing design guidance Inventory of UK breakwaters Dimensional analysis Characteristic parameters Dimensionless parameters Generic test cases Morphological modelling using PISCES Simulated test cases Model description Set-up of numerical process models Results and discussion Summary Morphological modelling using MIKE 21 CAMS Simulated test cases Model description Setup of numerical process models Results and discussion Summary Analysis of morphological model results Key dimensionless parameters Non-tidal cases Tidal cases Comparison of processes in model systems Conclusions and future work Conclusions Future work 1 1 3 4 6 6 7 7 12 16 16 16 18 21 21 22 26 30 33 49 49 50 52 56 68 70 70 70 72 74 77 77 79 81
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LEACOAST2 short papers Overview of the LEACOAST2 project Medium-term shoreline evolution Video-based analysis of morphological changes Wave, currents and sediment transport observed during the LEACOAST2 experiment Marine radar monitoring Coastal area process modelling 1 Coastal area process modelling 2 Probabilistic modelling Results of generic test cases using PISCES Results of generic test cases using MIKE 21 CAMS
Description of accreted shorelines in the lee of a detached breakwater Characteristic parameters Inventory of breakwater schemes around UK (T=Tombolo, S=Salient, N=No sinuosity) Dimensionless parameters for morphological response behind shore parallel breakwaters Key dimensionless parameters for morphological response for different nearshore breakwater schemes Generic modelling test cases Generic test cases simulated using PISCES Wave model parameters and settings Flow model parameters and settings Sand transport model parameters and settings Morphodynamic model parameters and settings Generic test cases simulated using MIKE 21 CAMS Wave model parameters used in the morphological simulations Flow model parameters used in the morphological simulations Sand transport model parameters used in the morphological simulations Frequency of updates during the morphological simulation Generic non-tidal test cases simulated using MIKE 21 CAMS Generic tidal test cases simulated using MIKE 21 CAMS. (tide type: S=standing tides, P=progressive tides) Representation of key physical processes in PISCES and MIKE 21 CAMS Additional tasks to improve further the outline design guidance for breakwaters on macro-tidal coasts Overview of EPSRC short papers Example breakwater schemes around UK coasts (1). Example breakwater schemes around UK coasts (2). Definitions of key variables for nearshore breakwater scheme (adapted from USACE 2003). Existing design guidance for morphological response in the lee of detached breakwaters. Dimensionless plot of nearshore breakwater projects (from USACE 2003). Outline design procedure suggested by Fleming and Hamer (2000). Existing design guidance for assessing possible shoreline erosion in the gaps between nearshore breakwaters. Comparison of field data around UK with existing design graph (after Pope and Dean, 1986; =Tombolo, =Salient, =No sinuosity). Comparison of field data around UK with existing design graph (after Rosati 1990; =Tombolo, =Salient, =No sinuosity). Simulated breakwater layouts. Overview of the interlinking of process modules and information exchange. Model bathymetry and details of the finite element mesh Layout 1. Wave height pattern (left) and wave force pattern (right) based on TOMAWAC. Wave height pattern (left) and wave force pattern (right) based on SWAN.
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Initial wave, flow and sediment transport patterns for shore-normal waves and non-tidal conditions Layout 1. 37 Figure 4.6 Initial wave, flow and sediment transport patterns for shore-normal waves and a 3m standing tide Layout 1. 37 Figure 4.7 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days Layout 1, shore-normal waves. 38 Figure 4.8 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days Layout 2, shore-normal waves. 39 Figure 4.9 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days Layout 1, oblique waves. 40 Figure 4.10 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days Layout 2, oblique waves. 41 Figure 4.11 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days Layout 3, oblique waves. 42 Figure 4.12 Bed level changes after 60 days Layout 1, shore-normal waves. 43 Figure 4.13 Bed level changes after 60 days Layout 2, shore-normal waves. 44 Figure 4.14 Bed level changes after 60 days Layout 1, oblique waves. 45 Figure 4.15 Bed level changes after 60 days Layout 2, oblique waves. 46 Figure 4.16 Bed level changes after 60 days Layout 3, oblique waves. 47 Figure 4.17 Cross-shore bathymetry profile after 60 days along the centreline of the second breakwater Layout 2, shore-normal waves. 48 Figure 4.18 Cross-shore bathymetry profile after 60 days along the centreline of the second breakwater bay Layout 2, shore-normal waves. 48 Figure 5.1 Block flow diagram for MIKE 21 CAMS (from DHI Software 2008a). 52 Figure 5.2 Initial wave (top), flow (middle) and sand transport patterns (bottom) for non-tidal cases. 57 Figure 5.3 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days of morphological simulation (top: bathymetry contours; bottom: profiles across section A and B). 59 Figure 5.4 Simulated bathymetry after 28 days of morphological simulation (top: bathymetry contours; bottom: profiles across section A and B.). 60 Notes: Waves are normally incident to the shoreline (Hm0=1m, Tp=5s at depth of 15m) and no tides. 60 Figure 5.5 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days of morphological simulation Layout L1 (Ls/X=0.8) and no tides (top: bathymetry contours; bottom: profiles across section A and B). 61 Figure 5.6 Initial wave (top), flow (middle) and sand transport patterns (bottom) at four different stages of the 5m progressive tide. 62 Figure 5.7 Simulated bathymetry contours after 60 days of morphological simulation. 64 Figure 5.8 Simulated nearshore profiles across section A and B after 60 days of morphological simulation. 65 Figure 5.9 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days of morphological simulation layout L1, Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, oblique wave incidence (top: bathymetry contours; bottom: profiles across section A and B). 66 Figure 5.10 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days of morphological simulation (top: bathymetry contours; bottom: profiles across section A and B). 67 Figure 5.11 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days of morphological simulation (top: bathymetry contours; bottom: profiles across section A and B). 68 Figure 6.1 Non-tidal cases from the numerical simulations and laboratory data from Suh and Dalrymple (1987). 71 Figure 6.2 Cross-shore profile evolution over 60-day simulation along the centre-line across the second breakwater, for layout L1, shore-normal waves and 3m standing waves. 72 Figure 6.3 Effect of breakwater length for different dimensionless tidal ranges (Rtide/Hm0). 72 Figure 6.4 Effect of breakwater crest level (relative submerged depth at HW, dcr/Hm0) for different breakwater length and dimensionless tidal ranges (Rtide/Hm0). 74 Figure A1.1 LEACOAST2 study site: Sea Palling, Norfolk. 89 Figure A1.2 Remote sensing equipment a) ARGUS Video system; b) X-Band Radar. 90 Figure A1.3 a) Measurement locations; b) Instrument Frame. 91 Figure A1.4 Deploying and recovering instrument frames a) by boat; b) by machinery. 91 FigureA2.1 Medium-term (1991-2005) rate of shoreline change. 94 Figure A2.2 Shoreline width adjacent to breakwaters (tombolos and salients) and gaps (embayments). 95 Figure A3.1 Bay shoreline positions for phase one (upper panel) and phase two (lower panel). 98 Figure A4.1 Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 showing locations of in-situ tripods (purple circles). 100 Figure A4.2 Examples of bed ripples. 101 Figure A4.3 ADCP record from F1 Expt 2.1. 102 Figure A4.4 ABS concentrations for F1 Expt. 2.1. 102 Figure A5.1 The X-band radar mounted on the flat roof of the lifeboat station at Sea Palling. 103 Figure A5.2 The recording system housed in a mobile rack inside the building. 104 Figure A5.3 A radar snapshot of the sea surface showing waves propagating through the breakwaters. 104 Figure A5.4 A short range high resolution radar derived bathymetric map of the breakwaters area. 105 Figure A5.5 A long range medium resolution radar derived bathymetric map extending almost 4km from the radar. 105 Figure A5.6 A radar derived water depth and current vector map. 105 Figure A5.7 Radar derived map of submarine dune features. 106 Figure A6.1 Breakwater scheme at Sea Palling and computational domain. 107 Figure A6.2 The measured waves and tides at F1 location. 108 Figure A6.3 Computed volumetric changes for each embayment and the nearshore area. 108 Figure A6.4 Computed & measured volumetric changes after 670hrs. 109 Figure A6.5 Computed volumetric changes/tide in relation to surge level (All bays). 110 Figure A6.6 Computed volumetric changes/tide in relation to surge level (Bay 0). 110 Figure A6.7 Computed volumetric changes/tide in relation to surge level (Bay Low). 111 Figure A7.1 Computational domain of the Sea Palling site. 113 Figure A7.2 Tidal water level and significant wave height used in E27 storm simulation. 113
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Figure A7.3 Computed ripple height and transport vector distribution at 15hrs (A) and 22hrs (B) around Reef 6 and Reef 7 Figure A7.4 Comparison of measured (A) and computed (B) ripple length around Reef 6 and 7. Figure A7.5 Computed bed level change (BLC) after 1 tidal cycle based on ripple bed in A and the differences between the model predictions using rippled bed and plane bed in B. Figure A8.1 Location map Figure A8.2 The Sea Palling scheme Figure A8.3 Marginal distributions of wave height, period and direction of the original (lefthand column) and simulated (righthand column) time series. Figure A8.4 Cross-correlation functions of wave parameters for original (lefthand column) and simulated (righthand column) series. Figure A8.5 Plot of the mean shoreline position (time and ensemble averaged), together with the envelope of minimum and maximum excursions throughout the scheme. Figure B.1 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 01 no tide, shore-normal waves, Layout 1. Figure B.2 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 02 no tide, oblique incident waves, Layout 1. Figure B.3 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 03 3m progressive tide, shore-normal waves, Layout 1. Figure B.4 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 04 3m progressive tide oblique incident waves, Layout 1. Figure B.5 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.6 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.7 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.8 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.9 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.10 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.11 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.12 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.13 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.14 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.15 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.16 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.17 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.18 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.19 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.20 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure B.21 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation. Figure C.1 Simulated bathymetry contours after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days across A and B). Figure C.2 Simulated bathymetry contours after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days across A and B). Figure C.3 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.4 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.5 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.6 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.7 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.8 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.9 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.10 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.11 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.12 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.13 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.14 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Figure C.15 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
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Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B). Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
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1 Introduction
1.1 Background
Nearshore detached breakwaters are often considered an option for beach erosion control as part of coastal defence schemes. The dominant effect of a detached breakwater is to reduce the incident wave energy on a section of the coast and thereby reduce the sediment transport capacity in the sheltered region. In this way, detached breakwaters promote the accumulation of sediments, and hence shoreline accretion, in their lee. Detached breakwaters have been used extensively in Japan, the US, Singapore and the Mediterranean. Their use in the UK is relatively recent (from 1980; CIRIA Beach Management Manual 1996). Examples of nearshore detached breakwaters around UK coasts are shown in Figure 1.1 and Figure 1.2.
Elmer, West Sussex Figure 1.1 Example breakwater schemes around UK coasts (1).
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Jaywick, Essex Figure 1.2 Example breakwater schemes around UK coasts (2). Rogers et al. (2006) carried out a review of the existing design guidance for determining the geometrical layout of breakwater schemes and concluded that the existing guidance is largely based on empirical data from micro-tidal coasts (tidal range <2m). These data may not be applicable for meso- and macro-tidal coasts, which are common along UK coasts1. In an attempt to bridge this gap, the present research study was commissioned under the joint Environment Agency/Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) research programme. The aim of the study was to help improve practical design guidance for determining the geometrical layout of breakwater schemes on macro-tidal coasts.
More than 75 per cent of the UK coastline can be classified as meso- or macro-tidal coasts (see co-tidal chart 5058 from UK Hydrographic Office).
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Table 1.1 Description of accreted shorelines in the lee of a detached breakwater. Shoreline response Limited response Description Limited changes in the shoreline planform due to sediment deposition leeward of breakwater. Noticeable bulge in the shoreline planform due to sediment deposition leeward of breakwater. Tombolo at low water, but salient at higher tide levels. Example1 Sidmouth, Devon
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Elmer, West Sussex; Jaywick, Essex Sea Palling, Norfolk Second, third and fourth breakwaters (from bottom right) in Figure 1.1.
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Sea Palling, Norfolk Shoreline that has connected to breakwater due to sediment deposition First breakwater (from bottom right) in Figure leeward of breakwater. 1.1.
The morphological changes described above are controlled by the incident wave and water level conditions, the sediment characteristics and the geometrical layout of the breakwater scheme.
The littoral zone refers to the zone between the shoreline and a location offshore where significant longshore sediment transport takes place.
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Figure 1.3 Definitions of key variables for nearshore breakwater scheme (adapted from USACE 2003).
Also known as functional design in shore protection literature from North America, as it relates to the design of a breakwater scheme that will serve the function of protecting a section of the shoreline.
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Characteristic breaking wave height Characteristic wave period (or deep water wave length, L0) Characteristic wave direction Characteristic tidal range Tidal period Characteristic tidal current Phase shift between maximum tidal current and high water Length of the breakwater Cross-shore distance of the breakwater relative to a characteristic initial shoreline (mean sea level shoreline) Gap distance between adjacent breakwaters Elevation of the breakwater crest relative to mean sea level. An alternative parameter to hcr is the depth of water at the breakwater crest during high water, denoted as dcr This parameter is used in the dimensional analysis (Chapter 3) as it is more meaningful in terms of wave transmission over the breakwater. Note that dcr is either zero (emergent breakwater over tidal cycle) or positive (breakwater submerged at high water)
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The outline design is different from the structural design of the breakwater, which is aimed at ensuring that the materials and cross-section are selected such that the breakwater maintains its structural integrity. Information on the structural design of breakwaters can be obtained from the CIRIA Rock Manual (2007). The FCERM research programme commissioned the present research study with the objective of improving practical design guidance for determining the geometrical layout of breakwater schemes on macro-tidal coasts. The approach used in this study consists of the following components. 1) Dimensional analysis to identify the important parameters for describing the bathymetry changes in the vicinity of nearshore detached breakwaters on a macro-tidal coast. 2) Numerical simulation of bathymetry changes for several generic test cases (a total of 30 test cases were investigated) using coastal area morphological models to understand the impact of breakwaters.
3) Analysis of the results to obtain trends in the morphological response and provide improved guidance for the outline design of breakwaters on macrotidal coasts. Furthermore, this study builds on parallel studies funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), which investigated coastal processes near the breakwater scheme at Sea Palling on the North Norfolk coast.
1.5 Convention
In this report, the following conventions are used. Unless stated otherwise, reef is used to describe a breakwater that is placed some distance offshore in order to shelter the shoreline from wave action and to promote sediment accretion in the lee. The term is used interchangeably with nearshore breakwater throughout the report. Unless explicitly stated otherwise, the sediment considered in this report is sand sediments with a grain size coarser than 0.063mm and finer than 2mm.
2 Literature review
This chapter presents a synopsis of the literature review developed at the scoping stage of the project by Rogers et al. (2006), supplemented with further information as appropriate.
L1, L2 and L3 are the 3 generic test layouts modelled in this study.
Figure 2.1 Existing design guidance for morphological response in the lee of detached breakwaters.
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Figure 2.2 Dimensionless plot of nearshore breakwater projects (from USACE 2003).
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The CEM states that: Optimizing detached breakwater designs is difficult when large water level variations are present, as is the case on coastlines with a large tidal range or in portions of the Great Lakes, which may experience long-term water level fluctuations. Fleming and Hamer (2000) evaluated the performance of the nearshore breakwater system at Sea Palling on the Norfolk coast and provided some preliminary guidance for the functional design of breakwater schemes in similar tidal regions. At Sea Palling, the spring tidal range is around 3m (meso-tidal), there is exposure to significant wave heights with an annual average of close to 2m and the tides are progressive, such that maximum tidal currents occur near high water (Fleming and Hamer 2000). In the case of the Sea Palling nearshore breakwater scheme, Fleming and Hamer compared the field response to the two nearshore breakwater configurations used at Sea Palling. They found that the existing design guidance in Figure 2.2 was inadequate to distinguish the actual response and concluded that this was largely due to the complications added by the increased tidal range and the increased currents. However, the relationships presented in Figure 2.1 could give preliminary guidance for determining Ls/X (based on the desired beach response in the lee of the breakwater). They also suggested another design graph to determine the spacing of the breakwaters (G/X) based on the maximum erosion in the bay. Their method is summarised in Figure 2.3 and can also be described as follows. First, fix the offshore distance by reference to the sediment transport pathways. If it is not desirable for the nearshore breakwater system to have a major impact on the nearshore as opposed to beach face longshore sediment transport, then it should be located inshore of any nearshore features that may be primary sediment pathways. Secondly, having decided upon an optimum offshore distance, relationships based on previous field experience, where relevant (see Figure 2.1), can be used to determine the nearshore breakwater lengths required to produce different forms of beach response. Depending on the desired result, decisions may be taken to allow the preferred beach response shape to develop, forming either minimal response, salients or tombolos. Clearly, tombolos will be more disruptive than salients to the longshore movement of sediment, but they will offer more protection during severe storms4 and will offer a greater amenity area. Lastly, the gap width between the nearshore breakwaters is determined based on a consideration of the maximum erosion that is acceptable within the breakwater bays. The above approach, while useful for determining the outline design of a nearshore breakwater scheme, omits other parameters (such as tidal parameters and the relative location of the breakwater in the surf zone) that affect the morphological response in the vicinity of nearshore breakwaters. The effects of these additional parameters are investigated in the present study.
A tombolo offers better protection than a salient during a storm as the wave energy is dissipated over a larger area, reducing the incident waves at flood defences. Furthermore, since more sediment is stored in a tombolo, it will take longer (compared to salient) for erosion to expose any flood defence.
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STAGE 1: Determine X from amount of longshore transport to be bypassed to downdrift beaches. Fix X by reference to sediment pathways.
STAGE 2: Determine LS based on desired beach response (salient or tombolo) Use Figure 2.1 to determine LS/X and hence determine LS.
STAGE 4: Determine G (gap width) based on consideration of erosion in breakwater bays. Use Figure 2.4 to determine G/X and hence determine G.
Figure 2.3 Outline design procedure suggested by Fleming and Hamer (2000).
Figure 2.4 Existing design guidance for assessing possible shoreline erosion in the gaps between nearshore breakwaters.
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The data were collated from several sources: internal reports and information available to the project team; papers in proceedings of conferences and journals; information sourced from the Environment Agency/Arun district council; information sourced from other consultants (Royal Haskoning); Google Earth; Admiralty tide tables; Admiralty charts. A summary of the collated breakwater schemes and dimensions is shown in Table 2.1. We found it difficult to determine the location of the initial shoreline5 (which was required to determine X = distance between breakwater and shoreline). Hence, engineering judgement has been used to estimate this parameter. In Table 2.1, the breakwater response is classified as salient (S), tombolo (T) or no sinuosity (N). These breakwater schemes are all located in meso- and macro-tidal coasts.
Table 2.1 Inventory of breakwater schemes around UK (T=Tombolo, S=Salient, N=No sinuosity). ID Scheme location 1&2 3 to 5 6 7 8 1 2 Ls (m) 80 140 80 80 80 90 30 180 G (m) 75 75 130 100 80 65 65 250 X (m) 130 130 130 100 80 100 150 170 ds (m) 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.3 4.0 4.0 6.0 Ls/G 1.1 1.9 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.4 0.5 0.7 X/ds 30.2 30.2 30.2 23.2 18.6 25.0 37.5 28.3 Shoreline Rtide1 response (m) (S, T, N) S S 5.38 S S T N 5.2 N 4.0 S 3.1 8.4 2.6 T S T T S
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Jaywick, Essex Monk's Bay, Bonchurch, 4 50 5003 50 3.1 1.0 16.1 Isle of Wight Leasowe Bay, Western 150 500 150 3.0 0.3 50.0 5 Wallasey, Wirral Eastern 130 500 125 3.0 0.3 41.7 Sea Palling, Stage 1 195 240 250 4.0 0.8 62.5 6 Norfolk Stage 2 140 160 250 4.0 0.9 62.5 7 Tain, Dornoch Firth, Scotland South of Harwich, North of 8 No data found. Walton on the Naze, Essex Directly south of West 9 Mersea, Essex Notes: 1 Rtide = tidal range (mean high water spring minus mean low water spring) 2 Breakwater scheme is oblique to shore. 3 Single breakwater, G set to distance to adjacent groin.
The shoreline is defined as the intersection of the mean high water spring line with the coastal land.
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The data has been plotted on the existing design graphs (Figure 2.1 and Figure 2.2) and are shown in Figure 2.5 and Figure 2.6. These figures show that the expected shoreline response is not always the same as the actual response in the field. This is possibly because of the influence of tides, but could also be due to the influence of other parameters of the beach-breakwater interaction that are not included in the design graphs (such as the relative location of the breakwater in the surf zone, X/Xb). However, Figure 2.5 is able to predict reliably the shoreline response at most of the Elmer breakwaters (most of the breakwater dimensions fall within the range for salients, which is the same as the observed response). Overall, the figures illustrate the difficulty of using existing design graphs to predict the expected morphological response of a breakwater scheme along the meso- and macro-tidal coasts of the UK.
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3 Dimensional analysis
In this section, the dimensional analysis carried out to identify the important dimensionless parameters governing the morphological response behind detached breakwaters is presented. A partial list of dimensionless parameters governing morphological behaviour behind emerged breakwaters has previously been presented by Perlin (1979), Hanson and Kraus (1990) and Johnson et al. (1995). The work presented here extends the earlier work by including the effect of tides.
A = f (
A physical interpretation of the dimensionless parameters is given in Table 3.1. Not all the dimensionless parameters will be important in some situations, leading to a reduced number of parameters for describing the morphological response. Example simplifications are presented in Table 3.2 for fixed sediment parameters and fixed tidal period (not considering Hb/D50, Sg and Ttide g / L0 ).
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Table 3.1 Dimensionless parameters for morphological response behind shore parallel breakwaters. Parameter LS/X X/Xb G/L0 B/L0 dcr/Hb Hb/D50 Sg Rtide/Hb Description Breakwater blocking efficiency Percentage of littoral drift affected by breakwaters (a measure of the relative location of breakwater in surf zone) Wave penetration through gaps Wave energy dissipation distance over the breakwater crest Wave energy dissipation rate over breakwater Sediment mobility parameter Sediment grading Effect of tide range on surf zone Tidal period relative to characteristic wave period Effect of tidal current relative to wave induced current Effect of type of tidal regime Effect of wave direction
Ttide g / L0 U tide / gH b
Table 3.2 Key dimensionless parameters for morphological response for different nearshore breakwater schemes. Nearshore breakwater scheme Multiple breakwaters Controlling dimensionless parameters
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Table 3.3 Generic modelling test cases. Simulation no. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B 07B 07C 19B 19D 21 24 25 29 Breakwater crest level, hcr (m MSL) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 1 0 2 2 2 2 Hm0 (m) 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Waves6 Tp 7 (s) (deg) 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 5 90 5 90 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 8 90 8 45 8 8 90 90 Tides No tides 3m, Progressive 3m, Standing 5m, Progressive 5m, Standing No tides 3m, Progressive 3m, Standing 5m, Progressive 5m, Standing No tides 5m, Progressive 5m, Standing No tides 3m, Progressive 3m, Standing 5m, Standing Layout
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Two modelling systems (PISCES and MIKE 21 CAMS), described in Chapters 4 and 5 respectively, were used to simulate all the 30 test cases. The original 20 test cases plus simulation no. 24 were simulated using the PISCES morphological model (described in Chapter 4). The additional test cases (except simulation no 24) and a subset of the original test cases were simulated using MIKE 21 CAMS (described in Chapter 5). The two different model systems provide additional insight into the effect of representing different processes on the morphological response.
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Each of the three layouts comprised an initial bathymetry defined as a plane sloping beach with a slope of 1:50 and included an array of four shore-parallel detached breakwaters with a length of 200m, a gap width of 300m and a crest level of 2m above MSL. The breakwaters were located 250m (L1), 150m (L2) and 350m (L3) from the initial MSL shoreline, in an initial water depth of 5m, 3m and 7m respectively. Layout 1 is presented in Figure 4.2.
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For Layouts 1 and 2, the simulations were carried out for shore-normal and 45 oblique incident offshore wave directions, with an offshore significant wave height of 2m and a peak period of 8s. The simulations were carried out for non-tidal and four tidal conditions, consisting of progressive (with maximum velocities occurring near high water) and standing (with maximum velocities occurring near mean sea level) tides with a tidal range of either 3m or 5m. One additional test case was later added for Layout 3: a 3m progressive tide and oblique incident waves. All cases were simulated for uniform sediment with a grain size of 0.2mm, as defined at the outset of this project.
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It is designed to represent the following wave propagation processes: shoaling due to spatial variations in seabed and current; refraction due to spatial variations in seabed and current; blocking by opposing currents; generation by wind; dissipation by whitecapping; dissipation by depth-induced wave breaking; dissipation by seabed friction or percolation; wave-wave interactions (quadruplets). Diffraction by coastal structures or features of the seabed is not modelled in TOMAWAC, nor are reflections due to structures or significant seabed irregularities such as large sand banks. More details on the TOMAWAC wave model can be found in Benoit et al. (1996).
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energy transmission through and reflection against obstacles; Diffraction (phase-decoupled approach). In SWAN, diffraction is modelled in a phase-decoupled approach that results in the same qualitative behaviour of spatial redistribution and changes in wave direction as would result from a full, computationally-expensive solving of diffraction. The SWAN wave model was conceived to be a computationally feasible thirdgeneration spectral wave model for waves in shallow water (including the surf zone) with ambient currents. More details on the SWAN wave model can be found in sources such as Booij et al. (1999) and Ris et al. (1999).
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These differences are the result of: differences in the formulation of the underlying processes; a different numerical schematisation; and the fact that the SWAN model includes diffraction. Without diffraction, wave energy levels in the lee of the breakwater may be under-estimated. Conversely, the spreading of wave energy behind the breakwater will also depend on other processes, including directional spreading (included in both wave models; see, for example, Enet et al. 2006) and numerical diffusion, which will have a similar effect to diffraction even though it is an artificial process. For the simulated generic cases, where there is an absence of specific validation data, it is not possible to state whether or not the combined effects detailed above lead to an over- or under-estimate of the wave energy in the lee of the breakwaters. In this project, the investigations of tidal impact on morphological response have been carried out by comparing morphological model results for the various tidal conditions against the non-tidal scenario. As a result, it was considered that, when comparing those results from the simulations that are identical except for the varying tidal conditions, the described effects of diffraction, directional spreading and numerical diffusion are of secondary concern. Therefore, and in the light of the computationally expensive simulations to be undertaken (with simulation times of the order of three weeks), the more efficient and accurate (due to avoidance of required interpolations) coupling of the TOMAWAC wave model to the TELEMAC and SANDFLOW models was selected for the morphodynamic simulations.
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Table 4.2 Wave model parameters and settings. Parameter Type of model Mesh spacing Refraction/shoaling Diffraction Directional spreading Frequency spectrum Wave breaking Bottom friction Wave-current interaction Description Spectral wave model TOMAWAC-2G 10m to 40m Yes No 36 discrete directions (cos2 spreading function) JONSWAP spectrum solved for m0 and m1 Battjes and Janssen (1978) =1, 1=0.88, 2=0.8 Quadratic friction law Yes
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Table 4.3 Flow model parameters and settings. Parameter Type of model Mesh spacing Time step Wave driving forces Tide driving forces Eddy viscosity Flooding/drying Description 2DH Flow model TELEMAC2D 10m to 40m 1s Gradients in radiation stresses Gradients in tide levels at lateral boundaries Constant value used; E=1m/s2 Yes; minimum water depth = 0.1m
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A loop starts with a wave simulation that receives input water level and velocity fields from the final time step of the flow simulation of the previous loop, indicated by the red arrow. It also receives the updated model bathymetry from the previous loop (orange arrows). Hence, water level set-up is passed to the wave model and refraction due to currents is also modelled. Following completion of the wave simulation, the resulting wave forces (the forces that the wave field exert on the water body, particularly due to wave breaking) are passed on to the flow model (black arrows). Because the wave model is a stationary model, the wave forces are constant over the duration of the flow simulation. The flow model also receives the updated model bathymetry from the previous loop (orange arrows), together with an estimate of the updated flow field based on flow continuity. The first 30 minutes in the flow simulation are included to allow the flow model to adapt to the new bathymetry. The velocity fields over the final hour of flow simulation were subsequently passed on to the sand transport model (green arrows). This model also received wave orbital velocity fields from the wave model (blue arrows), as well as the updated bathymetry from the previous loop (orange arrows). Furthermore, the sand transport model received an updated concentration field, based on the final time step of the previous loop and the updated bathymetry, as initial conditions. Following computation of the sediment transport rates over the simulated period of one hour, the bathymetry was updated on the basis of the amount of sediment entrained or deposited. The changes in bathymetry were multiplied by a morphological factor of two, in order to overcome excessively long computation times. Effectively, this means that one hour of simulation represents two hours of morphological time. This is a widelyused method for long-term morphodynamic simulations. It is applicable when bed changes over a single loop do not alter the flow and wave fields to a sufficient extent that a new hydrodynamic computation is required to properly represent these (see, for example, De Vriend et al. 1993). It is noted that erosion of dry areas above the instantaneous water level was not included in the morphodynamic model. Using the updated bathymetry, an initial flow field was calculated for the following loop according to the continuity method. This method assumes that horizontal flow patterns are likely to be similar as long as bed changes are small, and that local flow rates do not therefore change. A small increase in water depth thus results in a small decrease in flow velocity, and vice versa. Continuity of sediment mass is obtained by reducing the suspended sediment concentration as the water depth increases, and vice versa. Thus the same amount of suspended sediment is maintained from the end of one loop to the start of the subsequent loop.
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Figure 4.1 Overview of the interlinking of process modules and information exchange.
Table 4.5 Morphodynamic model parameters and settings. Parameter Type of model Duration of process simulations in a loop Flow model warm-up duration Morphological acceleration factor Frequency of updates for: - bathymetry files - wave model results used in flow and sand transport calculations - flow model results used in sand transport calculations Description Morphodynamic model system PISCES 1.0hr 0.5hr 2 2.0hr 1.0hr 1.0s
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Finally, the resulting final bathymetry for each of the simulated cases after 60 days are discussed and inter-compared to assess the effects of cross-shore distance of the breakwater scheme, type and range of the imposed tidal wave, and oblique incident wave direction versus shore-normal waves. There is also an assessment of erosion in the breakwater bays.
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bypassing is enhanced as a larger proportion of the littoral zone extends beyond the breakwaters, particularly near low water and for larger tidal ranges. The more pronounced area of deposition (yellow/red) offshore of the breakwaters for Layout 2 and oblique waves (Figure 4.13) is evidence for the enhanced bypassing of sediment offshore of the scheme. Less bypassing is seen for Layout 3, where the breakwaters are further offshore, and the resulting salient has a reduced length in the lee of the down-drift breakwaters. This may be explained by the reduced supply from up-drift and the larger distance between the shoreline and the breakwaters, allowing for increased tidal flow through this area.
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accretion (yellow/red) in Figure 4.14 and Figure 4.15, is enhanced for higher tidal ranges. The result is somewhat less extensive accretion offshore of the up-drift breakwater as more sediment is transported towards the down-drift breakwaters. Figure 4.16 does not show the same pattern to the same extent for Layout 3, as the distance between the shoreline and the breakwaters is larger and the up-drift breakwater is able to trap more sediment. Some of the increased amount of bypassed sediment provides an additional supply of sediment for the salients in the lee of the down-drift breakwaters, leading to a more pronounced area of accretion in these protected areas. This bypassing leads to an increase in salient length at the down-drift breakwaters with increasing tidal range. In addition, the increased area in the lee of the breakwaters near HW may allow for circulation cells to develop and thus cause the re-distribution of accumulated sediment in the lee of the breakwaters. The described effect on the resulting morphological response is stronger for standing tides than for progressive tides.
4.5 Summary
The morphological evolution of the seabed in the vicinity of four shore-parallel breakwaters was simulated with the PISCES modelling system over a period of 60 days for non-tidal and various tidal conditions. The aim was to investigate the effect of tides on the morphological response for shore-normal and oblique incident waves. Three different layouts were investigated in order to assess the dependency of the identified tidal effects on the distance between the breakwaters and the initial MSL shoreline. The model results for non-tidal conditions illustrated the typical morphological response of sediment accumulation in the lee of the breakwaters as a result of circulation patterns developing due to the modified wave conditions in the vicinity of the breakwaters. These results also illustrated the interception of the littoral drift induced by oblique incident waves and the resulting longshore currents. The largest accumulation occurred in the lee of the first (up-drift) breakwater, while the largest response occurred at a location down-drift from the breakwater centreline as a result of the modified circulation patterns. The model results show significant accumulation on the offshore side of the first breakwater and extending into the first breakwater bay, indicating bypassing of sediment toward the down-drift breakwaters. The general effect of including tidal action in the simulations was to smoothen the bathymetry contours. This was a result of changes to the littoral zone width with tidal
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level and the additional, generally shore-parallel, tidal currents, together with the changing distribution of wave energy and wave breaking. For oblique incident waves, it was further found that with increasing tidal range the bypassing seen for non-tidal conditions was enhanced, leading to a larger supply of sediment to the salients in the lee of the down-drift breakwaters. This increased bypassing and the increased wetted area near high water, which may allow for larger circulation cells to develop in the lee of the breakwaters, results in an increase in salient length with increasing tidal range at these breakwaters. This effect on the morphological response was predicted to be stronger for standing tides than for progressive tides. When the breakwaters are placed closer to the shore, a larger proportion of the littoral drift (for oblique incident waves) bypasses the breakwaters on their offshore side, leading to a faster response in the lee of the down-drift breakwaters. This leads to a more similar morphological response in the lee of the breakwaters for the oblique incident waves.
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Figure 4.2 Model bathymetry and details of the finite element mesh Layout 1.
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Figure 4.5 Initial wave, flow and sediment transport patterns for shore-normal waves and non-tidal conditions Layout 1.
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Figure 4.6 Initial wave, flow and sediment transport patterns for shore-normal waves and a 3m standing tide Layout 1.
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8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 0.0 -2.0 -4.0 -6.0 -8.0 0.0 non-tidal 3m progressive tide 3m standing tide 5m progressive 5m standing tide 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0 500.0
Figure 4.17 Cross-shore bathymetry profile after 60 days along the centreline of the second breakwater Layout 2, shore-normal waves.
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Figure 4.18 Cross-shore bathymetry profile after 60 days along the centreline of the second breakwater bay Layout 2, shore-normal waves.
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250m (L1), 150m (L2) and 350m (L3). The tidal ranges investigated are 0m (no tides), 3m and 5m; while the tidal period is selected as 12.42hrs. Most of the additional test cases (nine out of 10 cases) were simulated using MIKE 21 CAMS. Furthermore, nine of the original 20 test cases were simulated again using MIKE 21 CAMS.
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(2002). Subsequent improvements in the bed level update scheme include the capability to erode dry beach and the inclusion of longitudinal and transverse slope effects on total sediment transport rates as diffusion terms. The latter addition significantly improves the stability of the morphological calculations. Further details can be found in DHI Software (2008d).
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Figure 5.1 Block flow diagram for MIKE 21 CAMS (from DHI Software 2008a).
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The parameters used in the model setup are summarised in Table 5.2. The wave breaking parameter (2) over the breakwaters was specified as 1.4. Johnson (2006) found that such a high value is more appropriate for obtaining wave transmission coefficients over submerged breakwaters that are in reasonable agreement with values obtained from empirical formulas, such as those developed by dAngremond et al. (1996). Table 5.2 Wave model parameters used in the morphological simulations. Parameter Type of model Parabolic approximation Grid spacing Refraction/shoaling Diffraction Directional spreading Frequency spectrum Wave breaking Bottom friction Wave-current interaction Description Parabolic mild slope model, MIKE 21 PMS Minimax 50 5m Yes Yes Five discrete directions (cos5 spreading function) 10 discrete frequencies (JONSWAP) Battjes and Janssen (1978) =1, 1=1, 2=0.8 (2=1.4 over breakwaters) Quadratic friction law (kN=2mm) No
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HW and the calculated bed resistance is schematised and used as a fixed resistance map during the numerical calculations. Table 5.3 Flow model parameters used in the morphological simulations. Parameter Type of model Grid spacing Time step Wave driving forces Tide driving forces Eddy viscosity Bottom friction Flooding/drying Description 2DH Flow model, MIKE 21 Flow model 5m 2s Gradients in radiation stresses Gradients in tide levels at lateral boundaries Constant value used; E = 1m/s2 Wave current shear stress (Fredsoe 1984) (kN=0.01m, kN=3.75m over breakwaters) Yes; drying depth=0.2m; flooding depth=0.3m
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Table 5.4 Sand transport model parameters used in the morphological simulations. Parameter Type of model Sand characteristics Intra-wave calculations Non-equilibrium transport Quasi-3D effects (wave asymmetry, undertow) Bed slope terms Description MIKE 21 ST D50=0.25mm, sqrt(D84/D16)=1.5 Yes; DHIs STP method used with intra-wave sand transport calculations No; transport rates depend only on local hydrodynamic conditions Not included for these simulations Included in conservation of sediment mass equation
Wave model results used in flow 1hr and sand transport calculations Flow model results used in sand 1hr transport calculations All the simulations were carried out for 60 days, except the simulations with low waves (A and B in Table 5.1), which were carried out for 28 days.
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Figure 5.2 Initial wave (top), flow (middle) and sand transport patterns (bottom) for non-tidal cases. Along the exposed section of the shoreline, wave-driven longshore currents are generated due to oblique breaking waves. The combination of longshore currents and wave setup gradients in the shadow region of the breakwater results in a complex flow pattern in the lee of the breakwaters. The incoming longshore flow is accelerated in the section with maximum positive gradient in wave height (wave height reducing in the same direction as longshore flow). At the down-wave edge of the shadow zone, where
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there is a maximum negative gradient in wave height (wave height increasing in the same direction as longshore flow), the longshore flow is deflected offshore, due to the clockwise circulation induced by wave setup gradients in this section. The combined wave and flow pattern leads to a sand transport pattern with two distinct areas of reducing sediment transport rates (and hence sediment deposition). These areas are: 1) a deep water area in the immediate lee of the breakwater; and 2) an area closer to the shoreline, where the longshore transport is deflected offshore. Finally, away from the influence of the breakwater scheme, the longshore transport rate increases towards the uniform longshore drift for an exposed shoreline. This results in down-drift shoreline erosion.
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Figure 5.3 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days of morphological simulation (top: bathymetry contours; bottom: profiles across section A and B).
Notes: Waves are normally incident to the shoreline (Hm0=2m, Tp=8s at depth of 15m) and no tides.
The influence of reduced wave exposure on the effect of a breakwater scheme on the shoreline is illustrated in Figure 5.4. In this case, both L1 and L2 form a salient, as the breakwaters are located offshore from the zone of active sediment transport. Furthermore, the size of the circulation cells is less constrained in L1 than L2, leading to a greater re-distribution of sediments in L2. Lastly, practically no bed level change is seen along the profile in the middle of the breakwater bays (B), as the sediment redistribution is limited to an area closer to each breakwater.
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Figure 5.4 Simulated bathymetry after 28 days of morphological simulation (top: bathymetry contours; bottom: profiles across section A and B.).
Notes: Waves are normally incident to the shoreline (Hm0=1m, Tp=5s at depth of 15m) and no tides.
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Figure 5.5 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days of morphological simulation Layout L1 (Ls/X=0.8) and no tides (top: bathymetry contours; bottom: profiles across section A and B). For oblique wave incidence, a salient forms close to the downdrift edge of the breakwater and the maximum shoreline erosion in the breakwater bays occurs near the updrift end of the breakwaters in the bay (see Figure 5.5). These effects are related to the obliquity of the incident waves, as this controls the section of the shoreline in the shadow of the incident waves. It is noted that the locations of the updrift shoreline erosion and downdrift shoreline accretion (salient) coincide respectively with the updrift and downdrift limits of the wave shadow on the shoreline. The above discussion implies that existing infill behind a detached breakwater will be pushed downdrift, if waves are obliquely incident to the breakwater. This behaviour has been documented at the Sea Palling breakwaters (see Fairley and Davidson 2009 in Appendix A2).
5.4.3 Tidal cases: wave, flow and sand transport patterns during the initial tidal cycle
The initial results from the wave, flow and sand transport model during the first few hours of the morphological simulation for test case 07 (normal wave incidence, 5m
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progressive tides) are shown in Figure 5.6. These results are used to illustrate the effect of tides on the various processes.
Figure 5.6 Initial wave (top), flow (middle) and sand transport patterns (bottom) at four different stages of the 5m progressive tide. Figure 5.6 shows that the changing tide levels lead to a changing location of the wave breaking zone and a changing distribution of wave heights in the lee of the breakwater. Furthermore, the combined tide and wave-driven flow pattern for this case show that there is a pronounced lack of symmetry near HW due to the influence of the tidal flow. The modified flow pattern resembles the flow pattern for oblique wave incidence in the lee of the breakwater (see Figure 5.2). A similar lack of symmetry is not seen at low tide, probably due to the weaker tidal speeds. This means that the alongshore gradients in wave height (and the resulting gradients in wave setup) become dominant over tidal forcing. The combined effects of the modified wave and flow pattern are also evident in the sand transport fields. It is, however, noted that the asymmetry in the flow pattern at HW is destroyed if the breakwater crest level is too low (water depth of 1.5m over the breakwater crest at HW), since the primary wave induced circulation cells for an emergent breakwater are non-existent when the breakwater is significantly overtopped.
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Figure 5.10 Simulated bathymetry after 60 days of morphological simulation (top: bathymetry contours; bottom: profiles across section A and B).
Notes: Waves: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, normal wave incidence. Tides: Rtide=5m, progressive tides.
Figure 5.10 shows practically no difference in the simulated bathymetries after 60 days for crest levels of 2m and 3m. This is due to the breakwater crest level in both cases being above the tide level for most parts of the tidal cycle. With a crest level of 2m, the breakwater is submerged for only 1.5hr per tidal cycle (tidal range is 5m and period is 12.42hrs), while with a crest level of 3m, the breakwater crest level is always above the tide level. Figure 5.11 shows a more pronounced difference in the simulated bathymetries when the breakwaters are closer to the shore (for instance, compare the results for crest levels of 2m and 1m in Figure 5.10 and Figure 5.11). The bed levels over the salient reduce considerably as the crest level is reduced to +0m (with water depth of 2.5m
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over the breakwater at HW). This shows that the beach level in the lee of a frequently overtopped breakwater is significantly lower than that in the lee of an emerged breakwater. This result is consistent with observations at the phase 2 breakwaters (low crested) at Sea Palling (see Dolphin et al. 2009 in Appendix A2).
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5.5 Summary
The morphological response (bed level changes) to incident waves and tides in the vicinity of breakwaters has been investigated using MIKE 21 CAMS. The model was applied to a number of generic cases including non-tidal/tidal cases with various tidal ranges and tidal types, and varying the cross-shore location of the breakwater scheme and the breakwater crest level.
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The simulation results show that for non-tidal cases the modification of the wave conditions in the lee of the breakwater leads to flow circulation and redistribution of sediments in the vicinity of the breakwater. For non-tidal cases with normal incident waves, the bed level changes are primarily caused by the gradients in wave height (and the associated wave setup), which leads to the formation of symmetrical sediment deposition patterns in the lee of the breakwater. Depending on the cross-shore location of the breakwater, the sediment deposition pattern may be characterised as a salient, tombolo or limited response. For oblique incident waves, the bed level changes are caused by a combination of the effects of gradients in wave heights and longshore currents induced by the oblique breaking waves. This leads typically to two distinct regions of sediment deposition, as the wave shadow in the lee of the breakwater is now at an angle to the coast. The two sediment deposition regions consist of: 1) a region in the immediate lee of the breakwater where the longshore sediment transport rate reduces due to decreased wave heights; and 2) a region very close to the shoreline where the incoming longshore flow is deflected offshore due to a negative gradient in wave height (and associated wave setup) inducing an opposing flow to the incoming longshore flow. The simulation results show that tides modify the above basic processes due to changing water levels and tidal currents. For a given breakwater cross-shore distance and normal wave incidence, the salient length decreases as the tidal range increases. Furthermore, there is more movement of the beach contours above MSL and cross-shore profiles become less flat as the tidal range increases. For oblique wave incidence, the morphological response is also a reduction in salient length (submerged salient) as the tidal range increases. Furthermore, the profile becomes less flat, as observed for normal incidence. The morphological simulation results also show that the beach level in the lee of a frequently overtopped breakwater is significantly lower than in the lee of an emerged breakwater. This result is consistent with observations at the Phase 2 breakwaters (low crested nearshore breakwaters) at Sea Palling (see Dolphin et al. 2009 in Appendix A2). Furthermore, the effect of the breakwater crest level is significantly stronger if the breakwater is closer to the shoreline.
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The shoreline response is typically characterised in terms of accretion in the lee of the breakwater (salient/tombolo) and erosion at the shoreline between the breakwater gaps.
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breakwaters are fixed. Thus, even for the non-tidal case, a design graph such as Figure 2.1 cannot be expected to provide accurate predictions when the relative location of the breakwater within the surf zone is varied. Other authors (such as Suh and Dalrymple 1987) have attempted to relate the morphological response to both Ls/X and X/Xb, but the resulting graphs have a lot of scatter. A slightly different approach is used in this study. The calculated salient lengths (based on changes to the -1m MSL contour) using results from both PISCES and MIKE 21 CAMS are plotted in Figure 6.1, together with data from various laboratory model experiments summarised in Suh and Dalrymple (1987). The combined dataset shows the following trends. For a given relative breakwater location in the surf zone (X/Xb), the relative salient length (S/X) increases as the dimensionless breakwater length (LS/X) increases. For a given dimensionless breakwater length (Ls/X), the relative salient length increases for low values of (X/Xb) and thereafter decreases, as should be expected for a breakwater located far away from the surf zone. Depending on the relative location of the breakwater in the surf zone, tombolo formation can occur for LS/X > 0.8. Using Figure 6.1, the limiting conditions for tombolo formation are postulated as: Ls/X > 2.8 1.6(X/Xb), Ls/X > -10.2 + 8.8(X/Xb), X/Xb 1.25 1.25 < X/Xb< 2.0 (6.1a) (6.1b).
If the breakwater is located well beyond the limiting depth for littoral drift, it is very unlikely that a tombolo will form. Thus, equation 6.1 should not be used if X/Xb>2. Beyond this value, it is postulated that the beach response will either be a salient or limited response.
Figure 6.1 Non-tidal cases from the numerical simulations and laboratory data from Suh and Dalrymple (1987).
Notes: Labels on the plot are the dimensionless salient length (S/X).
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Figure 6.3 Effect of breakwater length for different dimensionless tidal ranges (Rtide/Hm0). However, for a given tidal range, the models show different responses to a change in geometry (changing Ls/X). The PISCES model results suggest that the dimensionless
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salient extent is practically unchanged for Ls/X > 0.8. On the other hand, the MIKE 21 CAMS results show an increase in the salient length with increasing Ls/X. These differences are probably due to differences in the representation of physical processes (waves, flow and sand transport) in the two models. A comparison of the physical processes in the two models is presented in Section 6.4. The presence of tides leads to overall smoothing of the bathymetry contours, due to changes in the littoral zone width with tidal level and the additional shore-parallel currents induced by tides. The base of the salient is wider for the tidal cases compared with the non-tidal case and the bay is not as deep as in the non-tidal case. Progressive tides result in deflection of the nearshore bathymetry in the direction of HW flow. For the same tidal range, the salient length is slightly increased for standing tides compared to progressive tides.
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Figure 6.4 Effect of breakwater crest level (relative submerged depth at HW, dcr/Hm0) for different breakwater length and dimensionless tidal ranges (Rtide/Hm0).
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The main differences occur in the representation of wave diffraction, wave-current interaction (effect on wave parameters and apparent bed resistance) and graded/uniform sediments, and in the modelling of sand transport using equilibrium or non-equilibrium sand transport models. However, it was not possible to fully identify the reasons for the conflicting results within the scope of the present project. Table 6.1 Representation of key physical processes in PISCES and MIKE 21 CAMS.
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OK, if there are sufficient grid points (at least six points) to resolve the surf zone in both models, which is the case here. Diffraction is an important mechanism for wave energy in the lee of the breakwater. Its absence in the model may yield lower wave heights in the lee of the breakwater, and hence an increased potential for deposition. Directional spreading is an important mechanism for wave energy in the lee of the breakwater, and if the spreading function is broad it may compensate somewhat for the absence of diffraction.
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7.1 Conclusions
7.1.1 Non-tidal beaches
Using dimensional analysis, it was shown that when the breakwater cross-section and gap width between breakwaters are fixed the beach response for the non-tidal case is dependent on Ls/X and X/Xb. This shows that the use of Ls/X alone in typical design guidance for non-tidal beaches has limitations. Thus, this study also included a reevaluation of the effect of breakwaters on micro-tidal beaches. Using a composite dataset of morphological model results and laboratory experiments compiled by Suh and Dalrymple (1987), the following trends were identified. For a given relative breakwater location in the surf zone (X/Xb), the relative salient length (S/X) increases as the dimensionless breakwater length (LS/X) increases. For a given dimensionless breakwater length (LS), the relative salient length increases for low values of X/Xb and thereafter decreases, as should be expected for breakwaters located far away from the surf zone. Depending on the relative location of the breakwater in the surf zone, tombolo formation can occur for LS/X > 0.8. The limiting conditions for tombolo formation are postulated as: Ls/X > 2.8 1.6(X/Xb), X/Xb 1.25 Ls/X > -10.2 + 8.8(X/Xb), 1.25 < X/Xb 2. If the breakwater is located well beyond the limiting depth for littoral drift (X/Xb>2), it is postulated that a tombolo will not form.
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Table 7.1 Additional tasks to improve further the outline design guidance for breakwaters on macro-tidal coasts. Task Investigation of the effect of varying wave obliquity for different submerged depths (dcr/Hm0) at the breakwater crest during HW. Benefits The present study has investigated the effect of normal wave incidence on low-crested breakwaters in macro-tidal areas, and used this to obtain design guidance on breakwater crest level and salient length. The effect of oblique wave incidence in this situation is presently unclear. The main benefit of this work will be to clarify the effect of oblique wave incidence and thereby enhance the value of the design guidance. Investigation of the effect of varying gap width on beach erosion within the breakwater bays. The effect of varying gap width was not considered in the present study. It is noted that guidance on the gap width is required for selecting the length and number of breakwaters required to protect a given beach frontage. Thus, the main benefit will be to provide additional information for the guidance that is presently not available. Further investigation of the effect of tidal range and emerged breakwaters for additional cases of R/Hm0 and L/X. Further investigation of the effect of tidal range (Rtide/Hm0) and breakwater crest submergence at HW (dcr/Hm0) on beach response. Consideration should be given to carrying out a validation study at a macro-tidal coast in the UK. This task will add more points to the design graph on the effect of tidal range, thus resulting in improved guidance for outline design.
This task will add more points to the design graph regarding the effect of tidal range on low crested breakwaters, resulting in improved guidance for outline design. The numerical models used in this study are state-ofthe-art morphological models. However, the models have not yet been validated against beach response in the lee of breakwaters in a macro-tidal beach. Thus, the aim of the validation exercise would be to increase confidence in the model studies and thus in the outline design guidance.
At completion of the proposed future work, consideration should be given to developing a simple tool (such as a java applet) using the updated design curves to aid in the outline design stage.
This will aid coastal practitioners in the outline design stage and minimise the risk of incorrect usage of the design curves.
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This appendix contains eight short papers prepared by the participants in the parallel LEACOAST2 research consortium funded by the EPSRC. The LEACOAST2 research focused on understanding the long-term morphological evolution of the breakwater scheme at Sea Palling. A list of the short papers is given in Table A.1. In the main report, morphological modelling of various combinations of generic cases are used as the basis for determining outline design guidance for detached nearshore breakwaters on sandy coasts. This appendix complements the report by providing detailed information and analysis at a specific site. Table A.1 Overview of EPSRC short papers. Paper A1 A2 Author(s) Shunqi Pan et al. Dolphin, T.J.1, Vincent, C.E.1, Dumont, E.1 and Dufflo, C.1 Fairley, I.2 and Davidson, M.2
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An overview of the LEACOAST2 project is provided in paper A1. In general, the LEACOAST2 research tasks comprised: observations and analysis of morphological response using aerial photos (paper A2 Dolphin et al.) and images obtained from remote sensing (paper A3 Fairley and Davidson); measurements of waves, flow, sediment transport and bathymetry (paper A4 Wolf et al.; paper A5 Bell); and morphological modelling of the observed response using a process-based coastal area model (paper A6 Pan and Du; paper A7 Li et al.) and a shoreline evolution model (paper A8 Reeve and Wang). The observed morphological response in papers A2 and A3 broadly confirms some of the trends in the simulated morphological response from the generic modelling. For instance, the different observed responses in the lee of the high breakwaters and the low-crested breakwaters are also reproduced in the generic modelling. Papers A4 and A5 summarise the data collected, which are used in the morphological modelling studies presented in papers A6 through A8. Papers A6 and A7 show some results from the coastal area modelling studies carried out at Sea Palling. Paper A6 illustrates the effect of enhanced water levels due to storm surge on the morphological changes at Sea Palling. It is also noted that the surge level correlates well with high values for wave heights. The paper demonstrates that significant sediment volume changes correlate well with these large events. This provides some support for using the moderately high offshore wave heights (Hm0=2m) in the generic modelling study, as these conditions generally correspond to large morphological changes. Paper A7 analyses the impact of ripple dynamics on the morphological evolution at the site. Paper A8 presents the results of applying one-line shoreline modelling concept with probabilistic techniques at the Sea Palling site.
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Larger-scale Morphodynamic Impacts of Segmented Shore-Parallel Breakwaters on Coasts and Beaches: An Overview of the LEACOAST2 Project Shunqi Pan1, Brian OConnor2, Chris Vincent3, Dominic Reeve1, Judith Wolf4, Tim Chesher5, Hakeem Johnson6, Mark Davidson1, Tony Dolphin3, Pete Throne4, Paul Bell4, Adam Leadbetter7
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Coastal structures, such as detached nearshore breakwaters, have been widely used. The UK applications include the breakwaters at Kings Parade, Wirral; Elmer, Sussex; and Sea Palling, Norfolk. However, most current UK structures were designed a decade or more ago with the object of providing appropriate levels of flood protection as well as resisting the worst-storm conditions likely to be experienced over the lifetime of the structures and also minimizing the long-term (25-50 years) impact of the structures on adjacent coastlines. Unfortunately, existing design guidelines rely heavily on micro-tidal experience, and even this experience is imperfect as demonstrated by the removal of structures in the USA and the use of modern computer methods, which show the inability of some engineering criteria to correctly predict the formation of salients and tombolos in the lee of such structures, OConnor et al (1995). The LEACOAST2 project attempts to address the knowledge gaps identified above, so that enhanced design tools and integrated monitoring approaches can be further developed to assist future engineering studies and coastal planning projects with additional information to be gathered and analyzed under a parallel companion project funded by Defra/EA. This paper provides an overview of the main tasks carried out in the LEACOAST2 project, whilst further details on the different aspects of the project are given in other papers contained in this report.
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The main objective of the LEACOAST2 research is to evaluate the generic effects of shore-parallel breakwaters in tidal conditions on coastal morphology on scales of kilometres and years, using a combination of deterministic and probabilistic morphological modelling and new longer-term hydrodynamic and morphological data, as well as to provide enhanced tools to improve the design guidelines which is undertaken in parallel by the industrial partners of the project funded by Defra/EA. In order to achieve the research objective, the project makes use of an extensive data base of information which has been built up for the study site at Sea Palling on the Norfolk coastline from past research. These structures, which have been in operation
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for some twenty years, were built in two phases including 4 surface-piercing breakwaters (high-crested) in Phase I and 5 over-topped breakwaters (low-crested) in Phase II, as shown in Figure A1.1. The high-crested breakwaters built in Phase I are longer and wider spaced in comparison with the low-crested breakwaters built in Phase II. This research builds upon an earlier research project at the same site LEACOAST also funded by the EPSRC, which used a combination of process-based computer models and newly-obtained local area field data to study the storm-scale response of a particular representative breakwater embayment (Bacon et al 2004; Dolphin et al 2004, Pan et al 2004) over the medium term period 2002-2004. The LEACOAST2 project is with much extended study area, computer modelling and field work.
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Radar systems also provide a convenient imaging system, allowing large areas of the sea surface to be imaged at relatively shallow grazing angles. It has been demonstrated, Wolf & Bell (2001), that marine X-band radar could be used with appropriate digital recording systems to provide the required image sequences for bathymetric inversions. Both linear and non-linear wave theories can be used to produce a depth inversion algorithm. A new millimetre wave (MMW) radar system nested within the X-band radar can provide fine details of surf zone and swash processes to a range of O(200m), while the marine radar provides lower resolution images of O(10m) to longer ranges of O(2km) (Bell et al, 2004), as shown in Figure A1.2(b), operated by POL. The results of this investigation is summarised in Appendix A.5 (Bell, 2009).
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Large scale field measurements were planned and executed over the two winter periods (Sept-Oct 2006 and Oct-Dec 2006). The fieldwork includes the measurements of hydrodynamics, sediment concentrations, particle size and bedforms using the tripod frames at various locations in the vicinity of the breakwaters, as shown in Figure A1.3. New marine acoustic instrumentation, developed in the UK over the last few years, were used to make direct measurements of the sediment transport and associated hydrodynamic forcing parameters at a number of points located both within the SSPB system and just outside the SSPBs in the region where sand by-passing of the system may be occurring. High-frequency acoustic backscatter instruments (ABS) measured the suspended sand concentration at intra-wave timescales while acoustic Doppler systems profiled the water column and measure turbulent intensities and stresses. Rotary acoustic scatters were used to measure bedforms and bedform migration rates at the same time (essential for the estimation of bedload transport). Deployment of the instrument frames was a critical part of the field measurement, and was also the most hazardous. The offshore frames were deployed and recovered by a boat, see Figure A1.4(a) and the nearshore frames were deployed by the heavy duty machineries (JCBs), see Figure A1.4(b). The field measurements are summarised in Appendix A.4 (Wolf et al., 2009).
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Both process-based and probabilistically modelling techniques were employed in the project with a view to achieve better understanding of impact of structures on the adjacent beaches under the short-term (storm) conditions with detailed nearshore processes and longer term (years) impact on shoreline changes. The process-based model studies are summarised in Appendix A.6 (Pan and Du, 2009) and Appendix A.7 (Li et al, 2009), while the probabilistic modelling study is summarised in Appendix A.8 (Reeve and Wang, 2009). Acknowledgments This work is partly supported by the EPSRC under grant numbers: EP/C010965, EP/C010930 & EP/C013085. Support from the EA/Defra during the course of project is
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also acknowledged. The authors would like to thank the followings for their valuable contributions to the project: Ben Hamer, Steve Hayman, Noel Beech, Alex Souza, John Huthnance, Jonathan Rogers, Jon Williams, Ming Li, John Bacon, Prem Fernando, Robin McCandliss, Dick Weight, Clare Coughlan, Yanliang Du, Yongping Chen, Baoxing Wang, Iain Fairley, Rodolfo Bolanos, Stefan Laeger, Andy Parsons, Jort Wilkens, Isabel Garcia Hermosa, Roger Phillips, Ben Moate, Philip Staley, Joanne Parry and Estelle Dumont.
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BACON, J.B., VINCENT, C.E., DOLPHIN, T.J. AND TAYLOR, J., 2004. The offshore breakwater scheme at Sea Palling, England: Sand transport generated by tidal currents. In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004, 2: 1896-1908. BELL, P. S., WILLIAMS, J. J., CLARKE, S., MORRIS, B. AND VILA CONCEJO, A. (2006), Nested radar systems for remote coastal observations, Journal of Coastal Research, SI39, 483487 DOLPHIN, T.J., TAYLOR, J.A., VINCENT, C.E., BACON, J.C., PAN, S. AND O'CONNOR, B.A. (2004), Storm-scale effects of shore-parallel breakwaters on beaches in a tidal setting (LEACOAST), Book of Abstracts, ICCE2004, Lisbon O'CONNOR B. A., NICHOLSON J., & MACDONALD N. J. (1995), Modelling morphological changes associated with an offshore breakwater, In Computer Modelling of Seas and Coastal Regions II, CA Brebbia, L Traversoni and LC Nrobel (eds), Comp. Mech. Pubs. S'ton, pp. 215-272. PAN, S., VINCENT, C. E., FERNANDO, P. T. , LI, M., ZHU, Y., TAYLOR, J.A., DOLPHIN, T. J., BACON, J.C. AND O'CONNOR, B. A. (2004), Effect of shore parallel breakwaters on coastal morphology under storm conditions, Abstract accepted for The Coastlines, Structures and Breakwaters Conference, London, April 2005 WOLF, J. and BELL P. S. (2001), Waves at Holderness from X-band radar, Coastal Engineering, Vol. 43(3-4), pp. 247-263
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This short paper describes the shoreline response to the construction of the so called phase-1 and phase-2 breakwaters in 1995 and 1997 at Sea Palling, Norfolk. Detail can be found in Dolphin et al. in prep). Shoreline positions were attained by scanning and geo-referencing Environment Agency aerial photographs (1991-2005), digitising the instantaneous shoreline, and adjusting the shoreline to account for the difference between the tidal level at the time of photography and mean sea level datum. The adjustment of shoreline positions to the common mean-sea-level datum was achieved by translating the shoreline a distance x using the datum tide level difference and the beach slope taken from measured Environment Agency beach profiles. The data are presented as time-series of distances from a baseline along each of 70 shoreparallel transects spaced every 50 m. The average rates of change along each transect were determined by linear fit to the time-series of shoreline positions (refer Thieler et al., 2003).
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Inspection of the time-series (Figure A2.2) reveals the broad shoreline response that controls the rate of change statistics shown in Figure A2.1. In all cases the greatest shoreline changes occurred in response to a 300,000 m3 recharge in 1996 (phase-2 only) followed by a 1,000,000 m3 recharge in 1997 (all breakwaters). On average, the shorelines advanced 160 m behind phase-1 breakwaters, 50 m behind phase-2 breakwaters, 30 m in phase-1 gaps and 15 m in phase-2 gaps. These results highlight variation in shoreline response (trapping and retention of natural and recharge sediments) as a result of differences in breakwater design. The longer and higher phase-1 breakwaters have low transmission (overtopping is insignificant) and create a large deposition zone with wider beaches in comparison to the phase-2 breakwaters where the lower and shorter breakwaters have higher transmission (breakwaters are submerged at high tide) and result in narrower beaches and shorter residence times for recharge sediments (Figure A2.2). High growth rates and shoreline advances resulting from recharge led to the formation of an all-tide tombolo behind breakwater 5, and three tidal tombolos (tombolos at low tide, salients at high tide) behind breakwaters 6 8 (Figure A2.2). Only salients, not tombolos, formed during the 1995 1997 period prior to recharge. Following recharge the shorelines in the lee of the phase-1 breakwaters advanced and became stable, with the exception of tombolos 6 and 7 that shrank and retreated in 2005 (Figure A2.2). At this time a channel developed at the junction of the Bay A beach face and the flat and dissipative bay floor. The channel lengthened and eventually cut through tombolo 6, following which the elevation of the separated seaward part fell until it was level with, and part of, the adjacent Bay A. At the same time tombolo 7 also retreated. The recharge-induced formation of tombolos is significant to the sediment transport regime. Tombolo 5 acts as a 250 m long groyne, prohibiting longshore sediment transport except during submergence associated with large storm surges and high spring tides. The tidal tombolos (6 8) have a much lower elevation and width, but they also inhibit sediment transport: the tombolos emerge at low tide, during which ebb currents peak, and significantly reduce ebb-directed sediment transport (Bacon et al., 2004). In the breakwater gaps of phase-1, shorelines erode post-recharge, with the exception of Bay A, which is relatively stable. The other gap shorelines in phase-1 have differing responses to recharge, but all erode post-recharge, contributing to the net erosion
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The data are from the breakwater and gap centres, and the T numbers in brackets are the transect IDs as shown on Figure A2.1. The construction phases of the breakwaters are labelled and marked as .The proportional circles on the time axis indicate the timing (1996 and 1997) and magnitude 3 3 (300,000 m in phase-2 followed by 1,000,000 m in phase 1 and 2) of sediment recharge. Note that the distance scales differ between the phase-1 shorelines (top panel) and the phase-2 shorelines (bottom panel). The grey line is the mean response in each graph. The spike in the Bay A record (2004) is an intertidal bar exposed during aerial photography.
Behind phase-2 breakwaters, a subdued shoreline response to the 1996/7 recharge is followed by gradual retreat, with the exceptions of Bay H and salients 12 and 13 at the southern end of the breakwater system. In the case of salients 9 11 the shorelines erode back to their pre-recharge positions, more or less, over the 1998-2004 period (residence time of up to 6 years). The phase-2 embayments follow a similar pattern, only shoreline retreat is equivalent to, or larger than, the recharge gain. The exceptions bay H and salients 12 and 13 are likely to receive littoral drift sediments that appear, in this case, to balance losses (offshore?) experienced in the other parts of phase 2. The aerial photo data suggest that the mean sea level shoreline in bay A stabilised in 1998 and has remained more or less constant since. However, Environment Agency beach profiles and 3-dimensional beach surveys conducted at various times between 2003 and 2007 (LEACOAST) suggest that the bay floor has gradually infilled (1997
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2005), and was in dynamic equilibrium (bed level range < ~ 0.6 m) between 2005 2007. Bay B is much less infilled than bay A, with depths typically 2-3 m greater in Bay B. Retention of recharge sediments here, as with other embayments, is low and difficult to distinguish from natural variability in bed levels from beach profiles. In Bay B, the sea floor elevation fluctuated until 2005 and appears to be relatively stable over the 2006-2007 period. EA profiles and those extracted from 3D beach surveys indicate a recent period of stability that could suggest an equilibrium condition has been approached. However, a longer record is required to substantiate this suggestion.
References
BACON, J.B., VINCENT, C.E., DOLPHIN, T.J. AND TAYLOR, J., 2004. The offshore breakwater scheme at Sea Palling, England: Sand transport generated by tidal currents. In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004, 2: 1896-1908. DOLPHIN, T.J., VINCENT, C.E., BACON, J.C., DUMONT, E. AND TERENTJEVA, A. under review. Medium-term impacts of a segmented, shore-parallel breakwater system, Coastal Engineering. THIELER, E. R., MARTIN, D., AND ERGUL, A., 2003, The Digital Shoreline Analysis System, version 2.0: Shoreline change measurement software extension for ArcView. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 03-076. THOMALLA, F. AND VINCENT, C.E., 2003. Beach response to shore-parallel breakwaters at Sea Palling, Norfolk, UK. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 56 (2003) 203212. VINCENT, C. E., 1979. Longshore sand transport ratesa simple model for the East Anglian coastline. Coastal Engineering 3, 113136.
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Video based analysis of morphological changes behind the Sea Palling breakwaters Fairley I., Davidson, M. Coastal Processes Research Group, University of Plymouth. Introduction
This paper describes the results of investigations into the beach morphodynamics at Sea Palling based on video analysis from 6 Argus cameras (Holman and Stanley 2007). Two datasets have been collected: storm scale beach changes and mean sea level (MSL) shoreline changes over a 2.5yr period. Shorelines at known water levels were manually picked from the oblique images and rectification routines (Holland 1997) used to transform these to real world co-ordinates. Collation and interpolation of shorelines over a tidal cycle was used to obtain the intertidal morphology. Diminishing pixel resolution with distance meant analysis was confined to 6 embayments which are closest to the cameras.
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southward incident sediment. Phase two is less effective in trapping sediment and thus does not show significant correlation between sediment transport and shoreline change.
Figure A3.1 Bay shoreline positions for phase one (upper panel) and phase two (lower panel). The MSL contour dataset was split spatially into phases I and II and EOF analysis applied. For phase I, the first two modes made up 75% of the variance in the dataset. The first mode describes the progradation and recession of the shoreline, which exhibits greater amplitude of change on the tombolo horns. The temporal signal of this mode is significantly correlated with the wave parameters, but more significantly correlated with the maximum tidal height and a combination of tidal height and wave height. There is no statistical difference in these two correlations. Large spring tides and surge events facilitate wave transmission into the embayments via overtopping and lesser dissipation over the bay floors. Waves reach the supra tidal beach mobilising sediment that is normally above the high tide line. Under surge events a sediment transport pathway over the breakwater 5 tombolo opens injecting additional sediment into the system. Under larger waves the amount of longshore sediment increases which means that sediment is more abundant and available to be trapped by the breakwaters. The second mode for phase one describes the longshore displacement of the tidal tombolos, a positive temporal component moves the features in one direction and a negative temporal component moves the features in the opposite direction. This movement has been observed in the storm-scale analysis for oblique waves but the temporal component does not correlate with wave direction or Q. It is believed that this is due to the importance of the tombolo starting position to longshore movement under oblique waves.
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In phase II the first three modes of change make up 75% of the dataset variability. The first mode is similar to the first mode for phase I, dealing with the progradation and recession of the shoreline. The change is in the same direction throughout phase II and does not have the same concentration on the salients. Like phase I this mode is correlated with the sum of wave height and daily maximum tidal elevation, for larger tides and waves the shoreline progrades, for smaller waves and tides the shoreline recedes. The second mode for phase two again relates to the longshore movement of the salient but rather than being a translation (like phase I) the second mode shows a beach rotation with erosion from one half of the embayment and accretion on the other. It cannot be said whether sediment is exchanged over the salient, across the bay or a combination of the two. Inverse correlations with wave height suggest that larger waves produce erosion on the southern half of the tombolo and accretion on the northern half, while smaller waves produce the reverse effect. The third mode describes the increase and decrease of bay curvature effected via the erosion of the salients and infilling of the bay centres or conversely, bay centre erosion and amplification of the salients. This mode of change is correlated with the wave period: higher than average wave periods lead to salient erosion and bay infilling. Previous work (Fairley 2007) has shown that longer period waves are more readily transmitted through the phase II breakwaters. Waves transmitted into the lee of the breakwaters could both erode the salients and retard the formation of circulation patterns that maintain the salient structure.
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The individual bays in phase I behave differently under the same wave forcing, this is largely due to differences in sediment supply due to the tidal tombolos blocking a considerable portion of the longshore sediment potential. Bay B is largely accreting whilst bay C is still eroding. It is thought that once bay B reaches a certain equilibrium level, bay C will start to accrete too as sediment passes through bay B. The phase II bays behave more similarly due to open exchange of sediment between embayments; they also behave similarly to expected behaviour for an unprotected beach. The EOF analysis shows both similarities and differences between the two phases. The first two modes of change for both phases are similar. The cross shore movement of the MSL contour is the most dominant change followed by the longshore movement of the salients and tidal tombolos. However, for phase two the change is much more spread over the entire embayment whilst for phase I the changes are focussed on the tidal tombolos. The amount of variance described by each mode varies between phases with much more variance attributed to the first mode for phase one.
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Wave, currents and sediment transport observed during the LEACOAST2 experiment Judith Wolf, Peter Thorne, Paul Bell, Richard Cooke, Alejandro Souza POL, Joseph Proudman Building, Liverpool, L3 5DA. email: jaw@pol.ac.uk ABSTRACT
As part of the LEACOAST2 project, data were collected from 3 instrumented tripods deployed near the breakwaters, during 2 field campaigns (March-May 2006 and October 2006 January 2007). The instrumentation included acoustic and optical instrumentation (ADCP, ADV, LISST and bedform scanners). A large dataset has been successfully obtained. Here we present an overview of the dataset, the observed hydrodynamic conditions, sediment transport and bedforms from this experiment.
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Data were collected from 3 instrumented tripods deployed near the breakwaters (F1, F2, F3, see Figure A4.1), during 2 experiments: Experiment 1 (March-May 2006), Experiment 2.1 (October-December 2006) and 2.2 (December 2006 January 2007). The instrumentation included acoustic and optical instrumentation (ADCP, ADV, LISST and bedform scanners). One tripod (F2) was deployed in the intertidal zone. The others were deployed in water depths of 6-8m (mean tidal range1 in the area is about 2m).
Figure A4.1 Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 showing locations of in-situ tripods (purple circles).
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The ADCP gave current profiles, surface elevation and wave data for Experiment 2 (it failed in Experiment 1). The ADV gave wave parameters and point measurements of 3axis high frequency currents near the bed (at a single depth at F2 and F3 and 3 levels at F1). The ABS gave information on sediment concentration profiles near the bed. The mobility of the bed under combined wave and current conditions is illustrated by the variety of bedforms observed by the ripple scanners e.g. see Fig. A4.2.
Figure A4.2 Examples of bed ripples. From observed and model winds for 2006-7, it can be seen that the strongest winds are from the west, north and north-east. Westerly winds are blowing offshore and in these conditions wave heights are negligible. Northerly and NE storms can generate high waves and storm surges. The maximum wave height is from just north of shorenormal, suggesting wave-induced long-shore currents will be to the south.
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Tides, waves and storm surges have been observed during the experimental periods in 2006-7. Tidal conditions can be seen to move the sediment but episodic storm events increase the sediment flux by several orders of magnitude. A summary of the dataset and data may be obtained via the British Oceanographic Data Centre () or the project web site (). Some results have been presented by Pan et al. (2007) and Wolf et al. (2008).
References
PAN, S., WOLF, J., CHEN, Y., BELL, P. S., DU, Y., FERNANDO, P. AND LI, M. 2007 Modelling nearshore waves with presence of shore-parallel breakwaters Coastal Structures 2007, Australia. WOLF, J., SOUZA, A. J., BELL, P. S., THORNE, P.D., COOKE, R.D. AND PAN, S. 2008 Wave, currents and sediment transport observed during the LEACOAST2 experiment. PECS 2008, Liverpool.
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Remote bathymetry, bedforms & current mapping using marine radar during the LEACOAST2 experiment Paul S. Bell POL, Joseph Proudman Building, Liverpool, L3 5DA. email: psb@pol.ac.uk ABSTRACT
During the LEACOAST2 project, a marine radar was deployed overlooking the shore parallel breakwaters at Sea Palling in East Anglia. This provided hourly records of sea surface conditions from March 2006 July 2008. The radar data record the patterns of sea surface roughness over a range of 4km on which sea surface waves are visible as well as hard targets such as ships, breakwaters and jet skis. The wave patterns can be analysed to infer the underlying water depth map and current vectors that caused the observed wave behaviour.
Data collection
The system deployed at Sea Palling Lifeboat Station consisted of a Kelvin Hughes 10kW X-band radar with a 2.4m antenna operating on short (60ns) pulse setting, see Figure A5.1.
Figure A5.1 The X-band radar mounted on the flat roof of the lifeboat station at Sea Palling. This was coupled to a PC based digitization system (Figure A5.2) that recorded sequences of 256 images of the sea surface (Figure A5.3) with ~2.7 second intervals spanning about 12 minutes every hour. Summary images were uploaded to the POL website within 30 minutes of recording allowing the status of both the system and the sea state to be monitored. Other data used include the significant waveheight monitored using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler and tide gauge data available
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Figure A5.2 The recording system housed in a mobile rack inside the building.
Figure A5.3 A radar snapshot of the sea surface showing waves propagating through the breakwaters.
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By mapping the wave properties across the radar images and fitting that behaviour to an equation governing wave propagation it is possible to infer the water depth (Figures A5.4 & A5.5) and current (Figure A5.6) causing the observed wave behaviour. Further, by using tide predictions together with a surge component derived from the NTSLF tide gauge data it is possible to reference these water depth maps to the local datum. The derived water depths are generally within 1m in elevation of comparable survey data. A minimum significant waveheight of about 1m is necessary for waves to be visible on the radar, so mapping is limited to such wave events.
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Figure A5.4 A short range high resolution radar derived bathymetric map of the breakwaters area.
Figure A5.5 A long range medium resolution radar derived bathymetric map extending almost 4km from the radar.
Figure A5.6 A radar derived water depth and current vector map.
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A recent advance has been the development of a method to extract maps of the locations of submarine bedforms with wavelengths of 10s-100s of metres based on the modulation of sea surface roughness from the convergence and divergence of currents flowing over the bedforms. This method can be used to maps the location of large dune features to a higher horizontal resolution than the wave inversion technique described above. (Figure A5.7)
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Marine X-band radar can be used to monitor remotely the spatial variations of waves, currents, bathymetry and bedforms over ranges of several km from a shore based station.
References
BELL, P.S., WILLIAMS, J.J., CLARK, S., MORRIS, B.D. AND VILA-CONCEJO, A., 2006. Nested radar systems for remote coastal observations. Journal of Coastal Research, SI39 483-487. BELL, P.S., 2008, Mapping of bathymetry and tidal currents in the Dee Estuary using marine radar data. Proceedings of PECS 2008: Physics of Estuaries and Coastal Seas, 5 -29 August 2008, Liverpool (UK), pp 175178.
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The main objective of the process-based modelling work within the LEACOAST2 project was to implement and test the important coastal processes in the nearshore area which are interacting with the coastal defence structures, with an existing coastal model. The calibrated model was then applied to the Sea Palling site to study the effects of waves, tides and surge on the beach morphology with the presence of shoreparallel breakwaters, particularly, under storm conditions. The model results were used to identify the dominant processes in such an environment. The work was also extended to study the longer term effects by applying the model generically to the site with a series of scenarios. A number of sub-set tests have been carried out to examine the impacts of tides, wave overtopping and storm surge. This report is to summarise the results of model tests regarding the impacts of storm surge on the nearshore sediment transport at Sea Palling.
Model Setup
The process-based model was set at the Sea Palling site, covering an area of 5km in longshore direction and 1.8 km in the cross-shore direction. The model domain includes all 9 shore-parallel breakwaters with the offshore mean water depth of approximately 20 m, see Fig A6.1(a). The computational domain was rotated, such that the offshore boundary was aligned at the left hand side and shoreline at the right as shown in Fig. A6.1(b). Wave and tide
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conditions measured at F1 location, see Fig. 6.1(a), were modified and imposed at the offshore boundary (for waves) and lateral boundaries (up and down-drifts, for progressive tides and surge). The measurements in the Experiment 2.1, as shown in Fig. A6.2, which lasted approximately 670 hours from 22nd Oct to 22nd Nov 2006, were used in the model simulations.
Preliminary Results
Due to the complex coastal processes in the nearshore area of the study site, the model results were analyzed in different ways to identify the impacts of each dominant process, as previously mentioned. The results shown here were to quantify the impacts of tidal surge on the overall morphological change in the nearshore area, as well as that in each embayment. As shown in Fig.A6.1(b), the nearshore area was divided into a number of sub-areas, referred as boxes hereafter. In addition to each embayment between Reefs 5 & 8, the area for all 5 low-crested breakwaters (Reefs 9-13) was combined as Bay Low, see Fig. A6.1(b). The measured waves were also statistically sorted to two classes, namely: waves from up-drift to down-drift, referred as +wd in Fig. A6.1(b), which follows flood tidal flows, and wave in opposite direction, referred as -wd in Fig. 1(b), which follows the ebb tidal flows. Mean water levels were averaged over each tidal cycle (M2, 12.42 hours, or nearest model output), in order to measure the surge level individually. Fig. A6.3 shows the time series of the computed volumetric changes for each embayment and the combined area which includes all embayments. It can be clearly seen that the morphological change in the nearshore area responded to the wave and tidal conditions at different degrees, in particular during the storm events. Considerable morphological changes occurred after the main storm event on 1st Nov 2006 in the entire area. In general, the storm events have profound effects on Bay 0 and Bay Low, but much less impacts on the other embayments, namely Bays A, B, C and D. The comparison of total volumetric changes for each embayment and their combination (denoted as Total) with the survey data is shown in Fig. A6.4.
Figure A6.3 Computed volumetric changes for each embayment and the nearshore area.
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Figure A6.4 Computed & measured volumetric changes after 670hrs. The results show that the computed total volumetric changes agree largely with the measurements. However, due to the complexity of the processes involved, there are clearly discrepancies between the computed and measured volumetric changes, particularly in Bays A and C, which show opposite trends, although the magnitudes of these volumetric changes are relatively small. The largest discrepancy appears to occur in Bay 0, the area just in the up-drift of the first breakwater. Further examining the model results appears to suggest that morphological changes are not only affected by waves and tidal ranges, but also the surge levels, particularly, the acceleration of the surge, i.e., the rate and direction of the surge level changes. To this end, the mean water level for each tide was derived from the model results and the net volumetric changes in each box, as well as the entire nearshore area were computed. Fig. A6.5 shows the wave height and mean water level averaged over a tidal cycle, together with the time varying accumulative volumetric changes for the entire breakwater scheme area, in the top panel. Shown in the bottom panel of Fig. A6.5 are the mean tidal levels and net volumetric changes per tide, with the wave height and tidal level information in the background. The results show clear correlations between the computed net tidal volumetric changes and mean tidal level, i.e., the surge level. When the surge level increases, the volumetric change increases, vice-verse. The net volumetric changes are also strongly modulated by the wave height. The influence of the tidal range itself appears to be small. Similar results for Bay 0 and Bay Low, where the volumetric changes have been strongly affected during the storm conditions, see Fig. A6.3, are shown in Figs. A6.6 & A6.7.
Conclusions
The process-based model has been applied to the LEACOAST2 study site at Sea Palling for a duration of 670 hours. Detailed analysis of volumetric changes was carried out. The results clearly show that the acceleration of surge plays an important and significant role on the morphological changes in the nearshore area. The most significantly affected areas are Bay 0 and Bay Low. Further analysis was also carried out, but not presented here, to quantify the volumetric changes at the site.
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Figure A6.5 Computed volumetric changes/tide in relation to surge level (All bays).
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Numerical study of ripple dynamics and its impacts on morphodynamics at Sea Palling Ming Li, Nichols Spanakis, and Brian A. OConnor Department of Engineering, the University of Liverpool, Brownlow Street, Liverpool, L69 3GQ, mingli@liv.ac.uk Introduction
As part of the LEACOAST2 project, a detailed study of the dynamics of seabed ripple and related sediment entrainment under combined waves and currents, and their impacts on the morphological changes around the breakwaters at Sea Palling was conducted at the University of Liverpool using a quasi-3D computer model system. Field data from the EPSRC-funded LEACOAST and LEACOAST2 projects were used to test the model predictions.
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Preliminary results
A storm event, E27, was used to test the model. The significant wave height varies from about 0.4m to 2.7m during the storm at an angle of 20 relative to the normal direction to the shore. The tidal range was 3.0m as shown in Fig A7.2.
Figure A7.2 Tidal water level and significant wave height used in E27 storm simulation. Fig A7.3 presents the computed ripple height distribution at 15hrs and 22hrs. The corresponding transport vectors are also shown in the figure. Due to the asymmetry of the tidal current, the transport rates at these two phases are not symmetrical. However, it is apparent that the ripples are widely spread within the embayment and seawards of the structures. The ripple height correlates closely to the transport rate, i.e. higher ripples exist in each embayment where the transport rate is strong and remains small immediately behind the structure where the transport rate is small. Comparison against the measured ripple lengths were also carried out for the area between Reef 6 and Reef 7 in Fig A7.4. Overall, the computed ripple lengths have a similar pattern to the measurements, i.e. higher values at one side behind the breakwater and lower values at the other side, which indicates the strong influences of wave and tide-induced currents in this region. However, the predicted ripple length tends to be lower than the measured one. It may be due to the spatially varying grain size that is not included in the model. Meanwhile, the SW05 method primarily concerns ripples only. The large lengths in the measurements may suggest that the bed form is
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in transition from small scale ripples to dunes in this region, which is not included in the SW05 method.
Figure A7.3 Computed ripple height and transport vector distribution at 15hrs (A) and 22hrs (B) around Reef 6 and Reef 7.
Figure A7.4 Comparison of measured (A) and computed (B) ripple length around Reef 6 and 7. The computed ripple characteristics were then imported into the Li et al (2006) boundary layer model to obtain the sediment entrainment and bottom drag forces that is needed in the 1DV transport module. Due to the unknown ripple shape, a parabolic profile was used based on a given ripple height and length. In total, around 20 representative ripples were used across the area. The computed bed roughness and near-bed sediment concentration values were then formed into a lookup table and interpolated at each model grid point. In order to identify the possible impacts from the ripples on morphological changes, the model was then run with the rippled bed condition and with a plane bed. In the rippled bed case, all parameters computed from the boundary layer model of Li et al (2006) were used in the sediment transport module. In the plane bed case, only the equivalent bed roughness height due to ripples was used and the near bed sediment entrainment was computed as if the bed was free from ripples. Such an approach is to minimise the uncertainties involved and focus on the ripple-induced mixing and entrainment from the bed surface. The resultant bed level change after one tidal cycle using the rippled bed together with the differences between the two cases are shown in Fig A7.5. The overall erosion and accretion are approximately in the range of -0.7m to 0.4m in the rippled bed results. It is also obvious that most bed level change takes place in the embayment
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behind the breakwaters. The differences between the rippled bed and plane bed are in the range between -0.1m to 0.1m, this is within 20% of the total bed evolution values. In a similar way to the total bed level change figure, the most noticeable difference between the two model results lies in the embayment behind the breakwaters. Outside the breakwaters, the difference is very small.
Figure A7.5 Computed bed level change (BLC) after 1 tidal cycle based on ripple bed in A and the differences between the model predictions using rippled bed and plane bed in B.
Conclusions
Initial model results based on the ripple predictor of SW05 seem to suggest a wide spread of ripples around these structures. Their persistent existence affects local flow and wave propagation and hence the sediment transport. Comparing with limited measurements, the ripple length seems to be under-predicted which is possibly due to the fact that the transition from ripple to larger scale bed form is not considered in SW05. Differences in the total transport rate for a non-ripple condition and a rippled condition seems to be small provided a proper bed roughness height is used around the structures. Most differences were found within the embayment behind the structure where the water depth and wave heights are small but the current is strong. However, due to their existences, the long term accumulation effects may be considerable in terms of total morphological variations throughout the region. This work is ongoing to study long term effects from these offshore breakwaters on the morphological changes.
Acknowledgement
The current study is partially sponsored by EPSRC LEACOAST, LEACOAST2 and SANTOSS projects. Professor Chris Vincent from UEA, Peter Thorn and Dr Judith Wolf from Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory provided helpful comments.
References
LI, M., PAN, S. AND O'CONNOR, B. A. (2006) Modelling coastal boundary layer flows over typical bed-forms, Maritime Engineering, Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (MA1), 9-24. LI, M., FERNANDO, P. T., PAN, S., OCONNOR, B. A., CHEN, D. (2007) Development of a Quasi-3D numerical model for sediment transport in the coastal region, Journal of Hydro-environment Research, 1(2), pp 143-156. SOULSBY R. AND WHITEHOUSE, R. (2005) Prediction of ripple properties in shelf seas, Mark 2 Predictor for time evolution, TR154, HR Wallingford. WAMSLEY, V. AND AHRENS, J. (2003) Computation of wave transmission coefficients at detached breakwaters for shoreline response modelling, Coastal Structures 2003, ASCE.
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Probabilistic simulation of beach morphodynamics within a flood defence scheme Dominic Reeve & Baoxing Wang University of Plymouth, Centre for Coastal Dynamics and Engineering, School of Engineering, Reynolds Building, Drake Circus, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 8AA, UK. Introduction
This note describes the development and validation of a probabilistic model simulating the changes in a large flood defence scheme. The scheme consists of a series of detached breakwaters together with beach nourishment, is located near the village of Sea Palling in Norfolk, UK and covers a length of ~4km. The aim of the LEACOAST2 project was to investigate the larger scale morphodynamic impacts of nine segmented shore-parallel breakwaters at Sea Palling. The project includes monitoring of beach surveys, water levels and wave conditions; as well as short-term detailed process modelling to predict storm response and probabilistic morphological modelling to investigate the behaviour of the whole scheme over the period of decades.
Field Site
Figure A8.1 shows a location map for the site which is on the east coast of the UK.
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The Sea Palling defence scheme is shown in Figure A8.2, which is an aerial photograph looking north-northwest. Phase 1 involved the construction of four reefs (numbers 5-8) along the most vulnerable length of coastline, north-west of Sea Palling. The breakwaters were constructed between 1993 and 1995, and Phase 1 consisted of the 4 breakwaters towards the top of Figure A8.2. The Phase 2 works comprised: Five more reefs (numbers 9-13) to the south-east of the existing reef system; A beach recharge campaign (approx. 1 million cubic metres) behind and between the Phase 1 and 2 reefs and to the south to mitigate the predicted downdrift beach losses; and were completed in July 1997. A key part of the scheme was an ongoing monitoring programme consisting of aerial photography and in situ surveys. The project study area covers a 6km-long stretch of coastline, consisting of four sub-regions: i) a ~1km up-drift zone to the first breakwater, ii) the 4 breakwaters of Phase 1, iii) the 5 lower breakwaters of Phase 2, and iv) a down-drift zone of ~ 1km.
Model Development
The starting point is the one-line model, originally developed by Pelnard-Considre (1956). Simplified versions of this model, which do not account for spatial variation in wave conditions, have provided analytical solutions see eg. Wind (1990), Larson et al (1997), Dean & Dalrymple (2002) and Reeve (2006). Thus, effort has been directed at developing methods that are suitable for solving the one-line beach model numerically. The one line model takes the form of three simultaneous equations governing the conservation of sediment, a longshore sediment transport formula and the geometric relationship between the incoming breaking waves, the baseline and the local alignment of the shoreline. This type of model has been adapted for use in probabilistic simulations (eg. Vrijling & Meijer 1992, Dong & Chen 1999, Pedrozo-Acuna et al 2007, Reeve et al 2009). We use the sediment transport equation proposed by Hanson et al (2006) which includes the effects of tidal currents. Further, given the dependence of longshore transport on wave angle and the complex wave transformations that are induced by the structures, we have integrated a sophisticated wave model into the 1-line approach.
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Inputs
Tide gauge measurements from the field campaign were analysed to determine tidal harmonics. These were used to predict the tide levels over the simulation period. The MSL (+0.24m ODN) line is taken as a representative shoreline. The model was driven by hindcast deepwater wave conditions obtained from the UK Met. Office European wave model, covering a period of almost 13 years, (1995 to 2007), at an interval of 3 hours. A method described by Cai (2005) and Cai et al (2007) was employed to create multiple realisations of 13-year time series with statistical properties (ie. marginal distributions and temporal auto-correlation and cross-correlation behaviour), that mirror those in the original 13-year time series of hindcast waves.
Results
Calibration of the model at a regional and local level is reported elsewhere (see Reeve et al 2009). However, computed longshore transport rates were in good agreement with those reported previously by Vincent (1979) and Damgaard et al (1999).
Figure A8.3 Marginal distributions of wave height, period and direction of the original (lefthand column) and simulated (righthand column) time series. A comparison of the marginal distributions of wave height, period and direction obtained from the original hindcast data and one of the simulated 13-year sequences is shown in Figure A8.3. Agreement is very good. As well as recreating the correct marginal distributions it is also important to simulate the correct second-order statistics such as auto-correlation and cross-correlation. Comparisons between the original and simulated data are shown in Figure A8.4, which show a very good reconstruction of the statistical behaviour of the original series.
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Figure A8.4 Cross-correlation functions of wave parameters for original (lefthand column) and simulated (righthand column) series. Running the beach model repeatedly with each of the different 13-year realisations provides alternative, (but statistically valid), sequences of beach response. These results are used firstly, to validate the Monte Carlo predictions of the positions of the bays and salients against beach surveys taken during the course of the project (covering a period of ~ 6 years), and then to investigate the statistics of predicted beach position throughout the scheme. Two hundred realisations (each containing a 13 year time series of wave sequences at 3 hourly intervals an equivalent of 2600 years in total) were generated and then used to drive the one-line model to create 200 outcomes of shoreline evolution. From this ensemble of outcomes it is possible to calculate ensemble average statistics of the beach position as a function of time. The envelope of shoreline movement is shown in Figure A8.5. The maximum deviation appears in Bay 1, while significantly lower deviations present in other bays. The plot gives a measure of the variation in beach position throughout the area. The width of the zone varies considerably along the coastline behind the breakwater system. Again, the widest movements are found in Bay 1, the coastline position lies between 330 and 380m, while other bays show a relatively narrow band of change. In general, the shoreline position varies within a range of about 40m. However, the longshore positions of the salients and tombolos in Phase One of the scheme appear very stable, whereas the smaller salients in Phase Two show some propensity to move.
Figure A8.5 Plot of the mean shoreline position (time and ensemble averaged), together with the envelope of minimum and maximum excursions throughout the scheme.
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Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 06 3m standing tide, oblique incident waves, Layout 1.
Figure B.6 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 07 5m progressive tide, shore-normal waves, Layout 1.
Figure B.7 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 08 5m progressive tide oblique incident waves, Layout 1.
Figure B.8 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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Note: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 09 5m standing tide, shore-normal waves, Layout 1.
Figure B.9 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 10 5m standing tide, oblique waves, Layout 1.
Figure B.10 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 11 no tide, shore-normal waves, Layout 2.
Figure B.11 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 12 no tide, oblique incident waves, Layout 2.
Figure B.12 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 13 3m progressive tide, shore-normal waves, Layout 2.
Figure B.13 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 14 3m progressive tide oblique incident waves, Layout 2.
Figure B.14 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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initial 15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0 500.0 550.0 600.0
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initial 15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0 500.0 550.0 600.0
Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 15 3m standing tide, shore-normal waves, Layout 2.
Figure B.15 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 16 3m standing tide, oblique incident waves, Layout 2.
Figure B.16 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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initial 15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0 500.0 550.0 600.0
Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 17 5m progressive tide, shore-normal waves, Layout 2.
Figure B.17 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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initial 15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0 500.0 550.0 600.0
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initial 15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0 500.0 550.0 600.0
Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 18 5m progressive tide oblique incident waves, Layout 2.
Figure B.18 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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initial 15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0 500.0 550.0 600.0
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initial 15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0 500.0 550.0 600.0
Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 19 5m standing tide, shore-normal waves, Layout 2.
Figure B.19 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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initial 15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0 500.0 550.0 600.0
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initial 15 days 30 days 45 days 60 days 50.0 100.0 150.0 200.0 250.0 300.0 350.0 400.0 450.0 500.0 550.0 600.0
Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 20 5m standing tide, oblique waves, Layout 2.
Figure B.20 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
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Figure B.21 Initial bathymetry and resulting bathymetry after 15, 30 and 60 days of simulation.
Notes: Cross-shore profiles along centrelines of 2nd breakwater and 2nd breakwater bay. Simulation 24 3m progressive tide oblique incident waves, Layout 3.
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Figure C.1 Simulated bathymetry contours after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days across A and B).
Notes: Run A: Hm0=1m, Tp=5s, =90deg (normal to shoreline), no tides, Layout L1, breakwater crest, hcr > 2m.
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Figure C.2 Simulated bathymetry contours after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 7, 14, 21 and 28 days across A and B).
Notes: Run B: Hm0=1m, Tp=5s, =90deg (normal to shoreline), no tides, Layout L2, breakwater crest, hcr > 2m.
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Figure C.3 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 01: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, no tides, Layout L1, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.4 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 02: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =45deg (oblique waves), no tides, Layout L1, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.5 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 05: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=3m, standing tides, Layout L1, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.6 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 07: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=5m, progressive tides, Layout L1, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.7 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 07B: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=5m, progressive tides, Layout L1, breakwater crest, hcr = 1m.
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Figure C.8 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 07C: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=5m, progressive tides, Layout L1, breakwater crest, hcr = 3m.
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Figure C.9 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 08: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =45deg, Rtide=5m, progressive tides, Layout L1, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.10 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 09: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=5m, standing tides, Layout L1, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.11 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 11: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, no tides, Layout L2, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.12 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 15: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=3m, standing tides, Layout L2, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.13 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 19: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=5m, standing tides, Layout L2, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.14 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 19B: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=5m, standing tides, Layout L2, breakwater crest, hcr = 1m.
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Figure C.15 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 19D: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=5m, standing tides, Layout L2, breakwater crest, hcr = 0m.
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Figure C.16 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 21: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, no tides, Layout L3, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.17 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 25: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=3m, standing tides, Layout L3, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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Figure C.18 Simulated bathymetry contours (top) after 60-day morphological simulation (bottom: profiles at 0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 days across A and B).
Notes: Run 29: Hm0=2m, Tp=8s, =90deg, Rtide=5m, standing tides, Layout L3, breakwater crest, hcr = 2m.
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