Abstract: The paper introduces a complete set of Boussinesq-type equations suitable for water waves and wave-induced nearshore circulation over an inhomogeneous, permeable bottom. The derivation starts with the conventional expansion ...

Abstract: This paper presents a parametric study on storm-surge reduction by flexible vegetation in coastal wetlands under idealized prototype conditions. A vegetation-induced flow resistance model that considers flow depth, flow ...

Abstract: In this paper, wave attenuation and mass transport of a water-mud system due to a solitary wave on the free surface is modeled by using the Chebyshev-Chebyshev collocation spectral method for spatial discretization and a ...

Abstract: This paper presents a coupled wave–vegetation model for simulating the interaction between water waves and submerged flexible plants. The balance of forces for the vegetation motion includes buoyancy, damping, stiffness ...

Abstract: The paper presents theoretical and numerical analyses of random wave attenuation attributable to vegetation. Existing models based on Rayleigh distribution of wave heights are critically examined followed by the development ...

Abstract: Wave attenuation in vegetated shallow water is mainly attributed to actual drag-induced dissipation and near-resonant triad interactions. The latter is neglected in existing theoretical models for vegetation-induced ...

Abstract: This study investigates the performances of theoretical wave attenuation models in predicting vegetation-induced wave decay. The existing theoretical models are all based on linear wave theory, which cannot describe nonlinear ...

Abstract: A number of U.S. coastal bridges have been destroyed by hurricanes, including three highway bridges in Mississippi and Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina (2005). This paper addresses three fundamental questions on the ...

Abstract: This paper discusses three fundamental questions on the bridge deck-wave interaction: (1) are there countermeasures to mitigate the wave forces on the bridge decks? (2) what is the working mechanism of the ...

Abstract: This study proposes an alternative and competitive methodology for predicting solitary wave forces on coastal bridge decks using artificial neural networks (ANNs). It is imperative to accurately predict the on-deck wave ...