Quantitative Study on Beach-Face Slope Based on Field and Laboratory Experiments

摘要

State-of-the-art beach profile data sets including field measurements andlaboratory experiments are applied to investigate the predictions ofbeach-face slope. Field measurements of beach profile and sedimentcharacters yield a logarithmic-type of model to link beach-face slope andsediment grain size, while a series of laboratory experiments data setswhich contains hydrodynamic forcing are compared with formulasuggested by Sunamura (1984), and certain discussions andimprovements are proposed regarding to the quantitative predictions ofbeach-face slope.