Guard, P., Teakle, I., Nielsen, P. and Baldock, T.E., 2007. Modelling Sheet Flow Sediment Transport Using Convolution Integrals. Journal of Coastal Research, SI 50 (Proceedings of the 9th International Coastal Symposium), 937 – 942. Gold Coast, Australia, ISSN 0749.0208

A new method for the prediction of instantaneous sediment transport rates is presented based on the use of convolution integrals. The convolution integral technique allows solution of the governing differential equations in the time domain while accurately representing important unsteady flow effects. This technique overcomes many of the limitations of simple quasi-steady sediment transport models and does not require the computational effort of more detailed process-based models. The present model has been parameterised using results from a more detailed process-based two-phase model. Preliminary results indicate that the technique is successful in predicting net transport rates in oscillatory flow tunnel experiments in the sheet flow regime. Extension of the model to other sediment transport regimes and incorporation of real-wave effects such as boundary layer streaming is possible.