A width-averaged hydrodynamic model of two-layer tidal circulation

Estuaries support a unique hydrodynamic system due to the fresh water flowing into a salt water sea. This leads to stratification which can significantly alter internal tidal dynamics in the estuary. A model has been developed by Winant (2010) to describe the water motions of a two-layer system in tidal basin. The aim of this thesis is provide...

An Idealised Morphodynamic Model of a Tidal Inlet and the Adjacent Sea

Tidal inlet systems are often highly valuable and sometimes even unique ecosystems. However, field measurements show that tidal inlet systems are sensitive to changing exogenous conditions, such as rising sea levels. This thesis aims to investigate to what extent the adjacent sea influences the stability and equilibrium state of the tidal inlet....

Morphodynamic equilibria for a width varying tidal embayment

In this thesis a morphodynamic model of a tidal embayment, first studied in Schuttelaars & de Swart (1996), will be described and investigated. The difference with the rectangular embayment in Schuttelaars & de Swart (1996) is that the width is described with an exponential function. We focus here on the width averaged solutions. This gives us a...

Simulation of drying and ?ooding in a tidal embayment using the level set method