TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . iii ABSTRACT v CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION . 1 1.1 Background . 1 1.2 Objective . 5 CHAPTER 2. HYDRODYNAMIC CODES 7 2.1 Shallow Water Equations 7 2.2 RMA2 Specifics 8 2.3 ADCIRC Specifics 13 CHAPTER 3. PARTICLE TRACKING MODEL . 16 3.1 About Particle Tracking Models . 16 3.2 Maureparticle 20 CHAPTER 4. MODEL MESHES 30 4.1 The Art of Finite Element Mesh Creation 30 4.2 Mesh Generation Methods 31 CHAPTER 5. HYDRODYNAMIC MODELING RESULTS. 40 5.1 Sensitivity Analyses Overview . 40 5.2 Initial Bottom Friction Parameters 41 5.3 Eddy Viscosity Stability Tests 46 5.4 Bottom Friction Sensitivity . 59 5.5 RMA2 Versus ADCIRC . 74 CHAPTER 6. SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS . 79 6.1 Results Summary 79 6.2 Recommendations for Future Work . 80 REFERENCES . 83 APPENDIX. PARTICLE TRACKING CODE . 86 VITA . 109
