Laboratory experiments on the evolution of a submerged berm driven by low-energy irregular waves

Pan, Yi; Qu, X.K.; Yang, Yin; Zhang, J.B.; Wang, G.; Yin, Shuo; Chen, Y.P.

doi:10.1016/j.coastaleng.2023.104301

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“…The profile evolution, including megaripple-like bedforms, could be related to Sk changes in the waves, as observed [69] in the case of submerged berms subjected to irregular waves. Therefore, the formation of megaripple-like bedforms at t2 for the R60 layout could be associated with the Sk changes induced by the presence of the meadow.…”

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Study of Velocity Changes Induced by Posidonia oceanica Surrogate and Sediment Transport Implications

Astudillo-Gutierrez,

Rabionet,

Garcia

et al. 2024

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An analysis of the interactions between wave-induced velocities and seagrass meadows has been conducted based on the large-scale CIEM wave flume data. Incident irregular wave trains act on an initial 1:15 sand beach profile with measurement stations from the offshore of a surrogate meadow until the outer breaking zone, after crossing the seagrass meadow. The analysis considers variability and peaks of velocities, together with their skewness and asymmetry, to determine the effects of the seagrass meadow on the near bed sediment transport. Velocity variability was characterized by the standard deviation, and the greatest changes were found in the area right behind the meadow. In this zone, the negative peak velocities decreased by up to 20.3%, and the positive peak velocities increased by up to 11.7%. For more onshore positions, the negative and positive peak velocities similarly decreased and increased in most of the studied stations. A progressive increase in skewness as the waves passed through the meadow, together with a slight decrease in asymmetry, was observed and associated with the meadow effect. Moving shoreward along the profile, the values of skewness and asymmetry increased progressively relative to the position of the main sandbar. The megaripple-like bedforms appeared earlier when the meadow was present due to the higher skewness, showing a belated development in the layout without the meadow, when skewness increased further offshore due to the proximity of the breaker sandbar. To assess the sediment transport capacity of a submerged meadow, the SANTOSS formula was applied, showing that in front of the meadow, there was a higher sediment transport capacity, whereas behind the meadow, that capacity could be reduced by up to 41.3%. In addition, this formula was able to produce a suitable estimate of sediment transport across the profile, although it could not properly estimate the sediment volumes associated with the bedforms generated in the profile.

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