A Shoreline Evolution Model with Wave Crest Model on I-Head and T-Head Groin Structures with Different Types of Breaking Wave

Abstract

Beach erosion is a process that results in changes to the materials of a shoreline, with erosion being the removal of material from the shoreline more than its addition. Beach erosion on the shorelines causes loss of landforms and a reduction in size, leading to the need for the development of various structures to mitigate beach erosion. Groin is one of the commonly utilized structures for coastal erosion prevention, and groins of various shapes and forms have been developed to minimize beach erosion to the greatest extent possible. We have focused on assessing the impacts of I-head and T-head groin structures on shoreline evolution, approximated through a shoreline evolution model. Various techniques for setting initial conditions and boundary conditions have been discussed. Additionally, we have explored the structural impacts of these two groin types. We considered the average wave crest impact angle obtained from a wave crest impact model on both the left and right sides of the shoreline, differing over a span of four wavelengths. To estimate shoreline evolution for each year, we employed traditional forward time-centered space techniques and the unconditionally stable Saulyev finite differential techniques. The results of shoreline evolution calculations for both groin structures were found to be consistent across the four cases of the wave crest impact model.