TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1993//
TI  - A note on the three-dimensional shear stress distribution in a surf zone
JO  - Coastal engineering (Amsterdam)
A1  - Deigaard, Rolf
SP  - 157
EP  - 171
VL  - 20
IS  - 1-2
N2  - The three-dimensional time-mean shear stress distribution in a surf zone is analyzed, thereby determining the vertical distribution of the driving forces due to wave-breaking. It is found that on a uniform coast the longshore current can be described as driven by a surface shear stress equal to the cross-shore gradient in the shear component of the radiation stress. The near surface shear stress is found to be in the direction of wave propagation, having a magnitude determined by the dissipation of wave energy. It can be determined as the shear force acting on the waves from the surface rollers of spilling breakers or broken waves.<p /> 
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SN  - 0378-3839
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-3839(93)90059-H
ID  - ref1
ER  -