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SUMMARY:Modelling wave run-up and sediment transport - D. Pritchard Mathem
 atics\, Strathclyde University
DTSTART:20090604T103000Z
DTEND:20090604T113000Z
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CONTACT:Catherine Pearson
DESCRIPTION:The advance and retreat of water on a beachface as a wave arri
 ves is a  very familiar fluid-dynamical phenomenon. From a modelling point
  of  view\, it is a tough problem because of the presence of a free surfac
 e  with a moving contact line between the water and the beachface. From a 
  practical point of view\, it has important applications including  coasta
 l morphodynamics and tsunami hazard assessment.\n\nThis talk will describe
  modelling work based on the shallow-water  equations\, looking at both th
 e hydrodynamics of wave run-up and the  transport of sediment under this m
 otion. I will try to persuade the  audience that there are still significa
 nt gaps in our understanding\,  and will speculate a little about what can
  be done about some of them.
LOCATION:Open Plan Area\, BP Institute\, Madingley Rise CB3 0EZ
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