Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering: Recent submissions
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Experimental Investigation on the Behavior of Liquefiable Seabed under Rocking-Motion Excitation of a Breakwater Foundation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract This paper summarizes the results of experiments performed to investigate pore pressure generation in the subsoil underneath a breakwater foundation model inducted by rocking-motion excitation. The foundation was ... -
Recommended Data Collection to Optimize Beneficial Reuse of Dredged Material: A Sediment Budget for the Savannah River Harbor
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract Decades-long calls for nature-based approaches to coastal flood risk mitigation have increased the demand for beneficial use of dredged material (BUDM). However, coastal management authorities often lack data and ... -
Numerical Modeling of Wave-Induced Seabed Liquefaction: A Drift-Flux Model for Liquefied Soil
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract Seabed liquefaction, a phenomenon induced by dynamic loading, poses a significant risk to the structural integrity of marine installations such as pipelines, breakwaters, and offshore platforms. Accurate numerical ... -
Modeling Beach Groundwater Impacts on Wave Runup: Mechanisms and Implications
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract An improved understanding of the complex interactions between swash and beach groundwater is necessary to accurately predict wave runup and coastal flooding. In this study, the swash response to various beach ... -
Liquefaction of Silty Sand under Low-Amplitude Cyclic Triaxial Loading
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract The main purpose of the research is to study the process of liquefaction caused by low-amplitude cyclic loading in silty sand samples. To achieve this goal, nonstandard methods of applying cyclic loads in triaxial ... -
Investigating Time-Scale Effects and Maximum Scour Depth around Structures during Tsunami-Like Wave Propagation
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract Tsunami waves propagating overland and in coastal rivers damage structures such as buildings or bridge piers due to impact forces and scouring phenomena. Prior studies evaluating the scour depth around the structures ... -
Negatively Buoyant Debris Impact under Tsunami-Like Flows
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract Debris impact on critical infrastructure is a major cause of destruction during tsunami events. While the loading of positively buoyant debris (debris with a density lower than water) has been well researched, to ... -
New Calculation Model for Predicting the Bearing Capacity of Seabed Foundations under the Load of Mining Vehicles
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract In order to better explore the response state of seabed soil when the deep-sea mining vehicle walks on the seabed, this paper theoretically analyzes the bearing capacity of seabed foundation and the movement mode ... -
Experimental Modeling and Investigation of Seabed Liquefaction at Large Scale, Part II: Wave–Structure Interaction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract The design challenges of offshore wind are multifaceted, comprising techno-socio-enviro-economic aspects. Among the technological design challenges, seabed dynamics and seabed response to wave-induced and structural ... -
Experimental Modeling and Investigation of Seabed Liquefaction at Large Scale, Part I: Wave–Soil Interaction
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract The design of resilient offshore structures requires knowledge of the prevailing seabed dynamics under wave-induced loading. In particular, seabed liquefaction as one of the most severe forms of seabed dynamics ... -
Erratum for “Simulation of Depth-Limited Breaking Waves in a 3D Fully Nonlinear Potential Flow Model”
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Modeling Sediment Tracers to Evaluate Current and Sediment Plume at Beaufort Inlet, North Carolina
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract A coastal wave, hydrodynamic, and sediment transport model, the coastal modeling system (CMS), is developed to conduct sediment tracer simulations and investigate the distribution of sediment plumes that originated ... -
Lifecycle Analyses of Subaerial Beach Nourishments with Concurrent Nearshore Placement of Dredged Sediment and the Role of Alongshore Transport
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract Beach nourishment has a high cost but offers large economic benefits. Therefore, extending the nourishment lifespan using dredged sediment from navigation channels could have a significant economic impact. This ... -
Benchmarking Overview on Methods for Spatiotemporal Detection of Dune Erosion in Physical Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Abstract As increasingly complex objectives gain scientific attention in physical experiments on coastal dune erosion, novel and more demanding requirements arise, such as reliable high-resolution methods for measuring ... -
Flow through the Bosphorus
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This paper presents the results of a numerical study on a two-layer flow system in the Bosphorus, the strait connecting the Black Sea and the Marmara Sea. The numerical model is a three-dimensional (3D) model incorporated ... -
Experimental Investigation of Overflow on the Lee Side of River Groins due to Long-Period Primary Ship-Induced Waves Using Particle Image Velocimetry Analysis
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The passage of ships in confined waterways creates a stern wave that can overflow bank protection structures such as groins. This overflow, due to the long-period primary ship-induced waves, can be high in velocity, ... -
Investigation of Wave Power Conversion Efficiency and Hydrodynamic Characteristics of a Floating Twin-Hybrid Wave-Energy Device in Random Waves
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)The potential advantages of wave-energy converters can be extended beyond their capability to produce clean and safe energy, including wave attenuation using hybrid devices. This study presents an experimental investigation ... -
Measurement of Changes in Beach Sand Soil Stiffness due to Fluctuating Tides
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)Understanding the penetration resistance and geotechnical properties of beach sands is important for erosion modeling and performance-based design; however, data for beach sand penetration resistance with depth is sparse, ... -
Accurate Determination of Far-Field Source Terms of Barge Overflow Dredge Plumes Based on Near-Field Monitoring and Modeling
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)This study presents a comprehensive monitoring campaign combined with near-field computational fluid dynamics (CFD) plume dispersion simulations for the overflow plumes originating from a barge being filled by a cutter ... -
Hydrodynamic Mechanisms and Pathways of Potential Navigation Channel Shoaling by Nearby Parallel Islands
(American Society of Civil Engineers, 2025)As the demand for transcontinental commerce has increased over the past century, navigation channels have been maintained at increasingly greater depths to continue access of deep draft vessels to inland ports. Over time, ...