A numerical model is presented that predicts directly the wave angle and height at every point on the grid. The governing equations used are conservation of waves equation and conservation of energy equation which are derived from the basic linear pot...
A numerical model is presented that predicts directly the wave angle and height at every point on the grid. The governing equations used are conservation of waves equation and conservation of energy equation which are derived from the basic linear potential equations by means of an asympotic approximation. Finite difference methods are used to solve the governing equations and the solution is obtained for a finite number of rectilinear grid cells that comprise the domain of interest. Model results are compared with the results obtained from wave ray methods and it shows no significant differences between two results. The model is especially efficient for modeling large areas of coastline with arbitrary bathymetry, and therefore it is anticipated to be used in many coastal engineering problems such as littoral drift problems.