How to Calculate Longshore Current Speed?
Longshore Current Speed calculator uses Longshore Current Speed = (5*pi/16)*tan(Modified Beach Slope)*Breaker Depth Index*sqrt([g]*Water Depth)*sin(Wave Crest Angle)*cos(Wave Crest Angle)/Bottom Friction Coefficient to calculate the Longshore Current Speed, The Longshore Current Speed carries sediment along the shoreline, the so-called littoral drift; this mechanism is Coastal Hydrodynamics And Transport Processes and Littoral drift and shoreline modelling. Longshore Current Speed is denoted by V symbol.
How to calculate Longshore Current Speed using this online calculator? To use this online calculator for Longshore Current Speed, enter Modified Beach Slope (β*), Breaker Depth Index (γb), Water Depth (D), Wave Crest Angle (α) & Bottom Friction Coefficient (Cf) and hit the calculate button. Here is how the Longshore Current Speed calculation can be explained with given input values -> 25.99501 = (5*pi/16)*tan(0.14)*0.32*sqrt([g]*12)*sin(1.0471975511964)*cos(1.0471975511964)/0.005.