WAVE-MUD INTERACTION UNDER IRREGULAR WAVES

The present study aims to simulate two major aspects of wavemud interaction, i.e. wave height attenuation and mud mass transport, under irregular waves. The rheological constitutive equations of viscoelastic-plastic model (Shibayama et al., 1989) are selected for numerical simulation. The results of the numerical model are compared with the laboratory data of of Zhang and Zhao (1999). It is concluded that the model is capable to predict the phenomena.