Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Heuristic Solution Strategy for the Sequential Ballast Water Exchange Problem 

      Jing; Chen; Junzhou; Huo; Ya; Zhang; Dayong; Zhang; Weiying; Zhang; Yan; Lin (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      The sequential ballast water exchange problem is characterized by its combinatorial and computational complexity that must be resolved in transoceanic ship design and involves key technologies. Solving the problem is ...

    • Is the Intensifying Wave Climate of the U.S. Pacific Northwest Increasing Flooding and Erosion Risk Faster Than Sea-Level Rise? 

      Peter; Ruggiero (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      The relative contributions of sea-level rise (SLR) and increasing extratropical storminess to the frequency with which waves attack coastal features is assessed with a simple total water level (TWL) model. For the coast ...

    • Hydrodynamics of Knik Arm: Modeling Study 

      Tate O.; McAlpin; Gaurav; Savant; Gary L.; Brown; S. Jarrell; Smith; Raymond S.; Chapman (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      An adaptive hydraulics (AdH) model was applied to lower Knik Arm near the Port of Anchorage, Alaska, to assess its ability to model a macrotidal system with complex hydrodynamics, including the formation and evolution of ...

    • Buoyancy Effect on Turbulent Round Jet under Regular Waves 

      Jian-Feng; Lin; Shih-Chun; Hsiao; Tai-Wen; Hsu; Kuang-An; Chang (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      The mean and turbulence properties of a turbulent buoyant jet discharged at middepth in a direction opposite to the wave propagation direction are experimentally investigated using particle image velocimetry. Three kinds ...

    • RBF-DQ Solution for Shallow Water Equations 

      Homayoon; M. J.; Abedini; S. M. R.; Hashemi (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      A mesh-free and highly convergent radial basis function–based differential quadrature method (RBF-DQ) is implemented to simulate shallow water waves in the marine environment and open channels. RBF-DQ is applicable in ...

    • Prediction of Coastal Far Infragravity Waves from Sea-Swell Spectra 

      Thiebaut; McComb; Vennell (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      Far infragravity waves (FIGWs) with periods of 2–64 min can reduce the underkeel clearance for vessels in transit to ports and cause resonance in and around harbors and bays that amplifies low-frequency current flows. Sea ...

    • Distributions of Wave Heights in Time Domain in Stationary Sea States 

      Paolo; Boccotti; Felice; Arena; Vincenzo; Fiamma (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      About 6,300,000 pressure head waves beneath the sea surface were recorded by an array of 26 transducers aligned orthogonally to the coastline of Reggio Calabria, Italy. The data set covered spectra from very narrow unimodal ...

    • Assessing Factors Affecting the Thermal Properties of a Passive Thermal Refuge Using Three-Dimensional Hydrodynamic Flow and Transport Modeling 

      Jeremy; Decker; Eric; Swain; Brad; Stith; Catherine; Langtimm (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      Everglades restoration activities may cause changes to temperature and salinity stratification at the Port of the Islands (POI) marina, which could affect its suitability as a cold weather refuge for manatees. To better ...

    • Behavior of Sediment Clouds in Waves 

      Bing; Zhao; Adrian W. K.; Law; Zhenhua; Huang; E. Eric; Adams; Adrian C. H.; Lai (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      The effects of regular surface waves on the descent of instantaneously released sediments were investigated experimentally. The detailed wave characteristics, including wave height (

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    • Numerical Modeling of the Influence of the Beach Profile on Wave Run-Up 

      Luciano; Soldini; Matteo; Antuono; Maurizio; Brocchini (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      An analysis of the run-up over different beach profiles is performed to evaluate the influence of the seabed shape on shore flooding. The analysis was carried out on the basis of numerical solutions of the nonlinear shallow ...

    • Anthropogenic Effects on Coastal Sediment Fluxes in a Nontidal Gulf System 

      Rafał; Ostrowski; Zbigniew; Pruszak; Aleksander; Babakov; Boris; Chubarenko (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)
      This paper presents the results of studies of the physical processes observed in the coastal zone of the eastern part of the Gulf of Gdańsk, from the Vistula river mouth (Poland) to Cape Taran (Russia, Kaliningrad Oblast), ...

    • Backfilling of a Scour Hole around a Pile in Waves and Current 

      B. Mutlu; Sumer; Thor U.; Petersen; Luca; Locatelli; Jørgen; Fredsøe; Rosaria E.; Musumeci; Enrico; Foti (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      This paper presents the results of an experimental investigation of the backfilling of scour holes around circular piles. Scour holes around a pile are generated either by a current or a wave. Subsequently, the flow climate ...

    • Pore Pressure, Stress Distributions, and Instantaneous Liquefaction of Two-Layer Soil under Waves 

      M. B. Can; Ulker (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2012)
      In this paper, shear, effective stress and pore pressure distributions of two-layer porous soils subjected to harmonic waves are presented. The instability of the porous soil because of wave loading is investigated in terms ...

    • Global Sea Level Projections to 2100 Using Methodology of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 

      James R.; Houston (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      Forecasts of sea-level rise by 2100 have such a wide range that objective planning is difficult. In 2007, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) forecast a sea-level rise from 1990 to 2100 between 0.18 and ...

    • Real-Time Tsunami Prediction by Inversion Method Using Offshore Observed GPS Buoy Data: Nankaido 

      Tomohiro; Yasuda; Hajime; Mase (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      In Japan, the probability of a Tokai, Tonankai, and Nankai earthquake occurring in the early 21st century is high. Given this likelihood, estimating the resulting tsunami in real time is desirable. This study details an ...

    • Observations and Modeling of Wind Waves in a Shallow Estuary: Galveston Bay, Texas 

      K. W.; Dupuis; Anis (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      An observational wave study was conducted to test empirical relations and compare with numerical model results in shallow water environments. Relations among nondimensional water-depth, nondimensional wave-energy, and ...

    • Method for Estimating Future Hurricane Flood Probabilities and Associated Uncertainty 

      Jennifer L.; Irish; Donald T.; Resio (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      Reliable hurricane flood probability estimates are essential for effective management and engineering in the coastal environment. However, uncertainty in future climate conditions presents a challenge for assessing future ...

    • Determining Propeller Erosion at the Stern of a Berthing Ship 

      Donal; Ryan; G. A.; Hamill (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      This paper presents the findings from an experimental investigation into the nature and extent of the scouring that occurs when a ship berths in front of a perpendicular quay wall within the confines of a harbor. It examines ...

    • Formula to Predict Transmission for π-Type Floating Breakwaters 

      Piero; Ruol; Luca; Martinelli; Paolo; Pezzutto (American Society of Civil Engineers, 2013)
      The aim of this paper is to define a simple and useful formula to predict wave transmission for a common type of floating breakwater (FB), supplied with two lateral vertical plates protruding downward, named