The formation of beach cusps by waves with their crests parallel to shorelines

N. Izumi; A. Tanikawa; H. Tanaka

The formation of beach cusps by waves with their crests parallel to shorelines

N. Izumi, A. Tanikawa, H. Tanaka

ENG - Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Abstract

Beach cusps are a series of arcuate scallops roughly uniformly spaced on beaches. They are inseparably related with nearshore current systems. Nearshore current systems form a variety of circulation patterns,which have been attracting many researchers'interest since a long time ago. In several theories proposed to explain the formation of nearshore current systems, Hino attributed their formation to the dynamic instability, and explained it in terms of linear stability analysis. In this study, his theory is revisited and improved in several aspects. The analysis proposed in this study successfully shows that beach cusps can be formed on beaches even when the wave crests are parallel to the shoreline.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics
Subtitle of host publication	RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics
Pages	355-363
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 2006 Dec 1
Event	4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, RCEM 2005 - Urbana, IL, United States Duration: 2005 Oct 4 → 2005 Oct 7

Publication series

Name	River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics
Volume	1

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Other	4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, RCEM 2005
Country/Territory	United States
City	Urbana, IL
Period	05/10/4 → 05/10/7

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Ecological Modelling
Environmental Chemistry

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Izumi, N., Tanikawa, A., & Tanaka, H. (2006). The formation of beach cusps by waves with their crests parallel to shorelines. In River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics (pp. 355-363). (River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics; Vol. 1).

The formation of beach cusps by waves with their crests parallel to shorelines. / Izumi, N.; Tanikawa, A.; Tanaka, H.

River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics. 2006. p. 355-363 (River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics; Vol. 1).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Izumi, N, Tanikawa, A & Tanaka, H 2006, The formation of beach cusps by waves with their crests parallel to shorelines. in River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics. River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, vol. 1, pp. 355-363, 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics, RCEM 2005, Urbana, IL, United States, 05/10/4.

Izumi N, Tanikawa A, Tanaka H. The formation of beach cusps by waves with their crests parallel to shorelines. In River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics. 2006. p. 355-363. (River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics).

Izumi, N. ; Tanikawa, A. ; Tanaka, H. / The formation of beach cusps by waves with their crests parallel to shorelines. River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics. 2006. pp. 355-363 (River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2005 - Proceedings of the 4th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics).

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