XBeach is a two-dimensional model for wave propagation, long waves and mean flow, sediment transport and morphological changes of the nearshore area, beaches, dunes and backbarrier during storms. It is a public-domain model that has been developed with major funding from the US Army Corps of Engineers, Rijkswaterstaat and the EU, supported by a consortium of UNESCO-IHE, Deltares (formerly WL|Delft Hydraulics), Delft University of Technology and the University of Miami. XBeach page link
2013 Project By Gustavo Gomes
GUI for model setup
GUI - Visualization Area 1
GUI - Visualization Area 2 - Static Equilibrium Shoreline Analysis
GUI - Visualization Area 3 - Topography profile analysis
GUI - Visualization Area 4 - Land Boundary
- Open Matlab
- Move to src directory
cd src/ - Run
xbeach_gui
To open visualization area and analysis tools
- On XBeach GUI, click on "Domain" button
- Load grid file. On main project directory exists a folder named 'domain_example' with Delft3D grid example of an water reservoir on Brazil. Load 'cacu_curv.grd' file
- Click on 'Bathymetry' button and load 'cacu_srtm.dep' file
- Explore the menu toolbar to change colormap, topography/bathymetry limits, and other features, draw polygons, load land boundary files (.ldb)