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Biography

Nicholas Dodd is part of the Nottingham Transport Engineering Centre Research group.

Research Summary

My research encompasses a broad range of topics that mostly span, but are not limited to, nearshore physical oceanography, and coastal dynamics and engineering. A central interest is morphodynamics,… read more

Recent Publications

• ZHU, F., DODD, N., BRIGANTI, R., LARSON, M. and ZHANG, J., 2022. A logarithmic bottom boundary layer model for the unsteady and non-uniform swash flow: Coastal Engineering Coastal Engineering. 172,
• CHEN, W. L., MULLER, P., GRABOWSKI, R. C. and DODD, N., 2022. Green Nourishment: An Innovative Nature-Based Solution for Coastal Erosion: Frontiers in Marine Science Frontiers in Marine Science. 8,
• SERINALDI, F., BRIGANTI, R., KILSBY, C. G. and DODD, N., 2022. Sailing synthetic seas: Stochastic simulation of benchmark sea state time series: Coastal Engineering Coastal Engineering. 176,
• BRIGANTI, R., MUSUMECI, R. E., VAN DER MEER, J., ROMANO, A., STANCANELLI, L. M., KUDELLA, M., AKBAR, R., MUKHDIAR, R., ALTOMARE, C., SUZUKI, T., DE GIROLAMO, P., BESIO, G., DODD, N., ZHU, F. and SCHIMMELS, S., 2022. Wave overtopping at near-vertical seawalls: Influence of foreshore evolution during storms: Ocean Engineering Ocean Engineering. 261,

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Current Research

My research encompasses a broad range of topics that mostly span, but are not limited to, nearshore physical oceanography, and coastal dynamics and engineering. A central interest is morphodynamics, namely the dynamics of a fluid interacting with an erodible surface, and in particular morphodynamics of the coastal environment, typically described by a shallow water description of the hydrodynamics. Beach and, in particular, shoreface nourishment is an area of interest within the broad heading of morphodynamics that is of particular interest to coastal engineers. This is a useful technique for combating coastal erosion, wherein the aim is to place large amounts of sand either on the beach or a little way offshore, in order to replenish a beach, or, even better, by doing so to alter the long-term balance in favour of less erosion. At present much of my research is focussed on swash morphodynamics. The swash is that region of the beach in which waves repeatedly run-up and down the beach, thus covering and uncovering the sand. In this region the flow is energetic and of high Froude number, and this has profound implications for the morphodynamics there.

Future Research

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD candidates from Home, EU and international countries who are interested in the following research areas: Nearshore physical oceanography, and coastal dynamics and engineering.

• ZHU, F., DODD, N., BRIGANTI, R., LARSON, M. and ZHANG, J., 2022. A logarithmic bottom boundary layer model for the unsteady and non-uniform swash flow: Coastal Engineering Coastal Engineering. 172,
• CHEN, W. L., MULLER, P., GRABOWSKI, R. C. and DODD, N., 2022. Green Nourishment: An Innovative Nature-Based Solution for Coastal Erosion: Frontiers in Marine Science Frontiers in Marine Science. 8,
• SERINALDI, F., BRIGANTI, R., KILSBY, C. G. and DODD, N., 2022. Sailing synthetic seas: Stochastic simulation of benchmark sea state time series: Coastal Engineering Coastal Engineering. 176,
• BRIGANTI, R., MUSUMECI, R. E., VAN DER MEER, J., ROMANO, A., STANCANELLI, L. M., KUDELLA, M., AKBAR, R., MUKHDIAR, R., ALTOMARE, C., SUZUKI, T., DE GIROLAMO, P., BESIO, G., DODD, N., ZHU, F. and SCHIMMELS, S., 2022. Wave overtopping at near-vertical seawalls: Influence of foreshore evolution during storms: Ocean Engineering Ocean Engineering. 261,
• ZHU, F., DODD, N., LARSON, M. and ZHANG, J., 2022. Investigation of Momentum Correction Factor in the Swash Flow: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering. 148(6),
• ABOULATTA, W., DODD, N., BRIGANTI, R., KASEM, T. H. M. A. and ZAKI, M. A. F., 2021. Modeling swash zone hydrodynamics using discontinuous galerkin finite-element method: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering 147(2),
• CHEN, W. L. and DODD, N., 2021. A nonlinear perturbation study of a shoreface nourishment on a multiply barred beach: Continental Shelf Research Continental Shelf Research. 214,
• RUFFINI, G., BRIGANTI, R., ALSINA, J. M., BROCCHINI, M., DODD, N. and MCCALL, R., 2020. Numerical Modeling of Flow and Bed Evolution of Bichromatic Wave Groups on an Intermediate Beach Using Nonhydrostatic XBeach: Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering Journal of Waterway Port Coastal and Ocean Engineering. 146(1), 17
• ZHU, F. and DODD, N., 2020. Swash zone morphodynamic modelling including sediment entrained by bore-generated turbulence: Advances in Water Resources Advances in Water Resources. 146,
• MANCINI, G., BRIGANTI, R., MCCALL, R., DODD, N. and ZHU, F., 2020. Numerical modelling of intra-wave sediment transport on sandy beaches using a non-hydrostatic, wave-resolving model: Ocean Dynamics Ocean Dynamics.
• MANCINI, G., BRIGANTI, R., RUFFINI, G., MCCALL, R., DODD, N. and ZHU, F., 2020. Analysis of the performance of different sediment transport formulations in non-hydrostatic XBeach
• PERERA, E., ZHU, F., DODD, N., BRIGANTI, R., BLENKINSOPP, C. and TURNER, I. L., 2019. Surface-groundwater flow numerical model for barrier beach with exfiltration incorporated bottom boundary layer model: Coastal Engineering Coastal Engineering. 146, 47-64
• ZHU, F. and DODD, N., 2019. Quasi-exact solution of the Riemann problem for generalised dam-break over a mobile initially flat bed: Journal of Engineering Mathematics Journal of Engineering Mathematics.
• CHEN, W. L. and DODD, N., 2019. An idealised study for the evolution of a shoreface nourishment: Continental Shelf Research Continental Shelf Research. 178, 15-26
• FARHAN, A. H., DAWSON, A. and THOM, N., 2019. Behaviour of rubberised cement-bound aggregate mixtures containing different stabilisation levels under static and cyclic flexural loading: Road Materials and Pavement Design Road Materials and Pavement Design.
• WILLIAMS, H. E., BRIGANTI, R., ROMANO, A. and DODD, N., 2019. Experimental analysis of wave overtopping: A new small scale laboratory dataset for the assessment of uncertainty for smooth sloped and vertical coastal structures: Journal of Marine Science and Engineering Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 7(7),
• RICCARDO BRIGANTI, NICHOLAS DODD, GIORGIO INCELLI and GUSTAAF KIKKERT, 2018. Numerical modelling of the flow and bed evolution of a single bore-driven swash event on a coarse sand beach Coastal Engineering.
• CHEN, W. L., DODD, N., TIESSEN, M. C. H. and CALVETE, D., 2018. An idealised study for the long term evolution of crescentic bars: Continental Shelf Research Continental Shelf Research. 152, 87-97
• PERERA, E., ZHU, F., DODD, N., BRIGANTI, R. and BLENKINSOPP, C., 2018. Surface-groundwater flow numerical model for coastal barrier beach
• VALSAMIDIS, A., REEVE, D., DE SCHIPPER, M. and DODD, N., 2018. Ensemble prediction of mega-nourisment morphodynamic evolution
• ZHU, F. and DODD, N., 2018. Beachface evolution under two swash events by two solitary waves
• HUYNH, V.L., DODD, N. and ZHU, F., 2017. Coastal morphodynamical modelling in nonlinear shallow water framework using a coordinate transformation method: Advances in Water Resources Advances in Water Resources. 107, 326-335
• ZHU, F. F. and DODD, N., 2017. Riemann solution for a class of morphodynamic shallow water dam-break problems: Journal of Fluid Mechanics Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 835, 1022-1047
• O'DONOGHUE, T, KIKKERT, G.A., POKRAJAC, D., DODD, N. and BRIGANTI, R., 2016. Intra-swash hydrodynamics and sediment flux for dambreak swash on coarse-grained beaches Coastal Engineering. 112, 113-130
• BRIGANTI, R., TORRES-FREYERMUTH, A., BALDOCK, T. E., BROCCHINI, M., DODD, N., HSU, T. J., JIANG, Z., KIM, Y., PINTADO-PATIÑO, J. C. and POSTACCHINI, M., 2016. Advances in numerical modelling of swash zone dynamics: Coastal Engineering Coastal Engineering. 115, 26-41
• WILLIAMS, H. E., BRIGANTI, R., PULLEN, T. and DODD, N., 2016. The Uncertainty in the Prediction of the Distribution of Individual Wave Overtopping Volumes Using a Nonlinear Shallow Water Equation Solver: Journal of Coastal Research Journal of Coastal Research. 32(4), 946-953
• ZHU, F. and DODD, N., 2015. The morphodynamics of a swash event on an erodible beach Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 762, 110-140
• INCELLI G, BRIGANTI R and DODD N, 2015. Absorbing–generating seaward boundary conditions for fully-coupled hydro-morphodynamical solvers 99, 94-108
• INCELLI, G., DODD, N., BLENKINSOPP, C. E., ZHU, F. and BRIGANTI, R., 2015. Morphodynamical modelling of field-scale swash events: Coastal Engineering Coastal Engineering.
• RIBAS, F., FALQUES, A., DE SWART, H. E., DODD, N., GARNIER, R. and CALVETE, D., 2015. Understanding coastal morphodynamic patterns from depth-averaged sediment concentration REVIEWS OF GEOPHYSICS. 53(2), 362-410
• ZHU, F. and DODD, N., 2013. Net beach change in the swash zone: A numerical study Advances in Water Resources. 53, 12-22
• ZHU, F., DODD, N. and BRIGANTI, R., 2012. Impact of a uniform bore on an erodible beach Coastal Engineering. 60, 326–333
• KIKKERT, G.A., O'DONOGHUE, T., POKRAJAC, D. and DODD, N., 2012. Experimental study of bore-driven swash hydrodynamics on impermeable rough slopes Coastal Engineering. 60, 149–166
• BRIGANTI, R., DODD, N., KELLY, D. and POKRAJAC, D., 2012. An efficient and flexible solver for the simulation of the morphodynamics of fast evolving flows on coarse sediment beaches International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids. 69(4), 859-877
• DODD, N. and MACHARDY, L.C., 2012. A 1D Roe decomposition of a system of equations governing wave height transformation INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL METHODS IN FLUIDS. 69, 1271-1282
• BRIGANTI, R., DODD, N., POKRAJAC, D. and O'DONOGHUE, T., 2011. Non linear shallow water modelling of bore-driven swash: description of the bottom boundary layer Coastal Engineering. 58(6), 463-477
• DODD, N., 2011. Coastal Morphodynamics. In: DUBBELDAM, J., GREEN, K and ENSTRA, D., eds., The Complexity of Dynamical Systems Wiley-VCH. 7-25
• TIESSEN, M.C.H., DODD, N. and GARNIER, R., 2011. Development of crescentic bars for a periodically perturbed initial bathymetry Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 116(F4), F04016
• GARNIER, R., DODD, N., FALQUÉS, A. and CALVETE, D., 2010. Mechanisms controlling crescentic bar ampltiude Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface. 115(F2), F02007
• TIESSEN, M.C.H., VAN LEEUWEN, S.M., CALVETE, D. and DODD, N., 2010. A field test of a linear stability model for crescentic bars Coastal Engineering. 57, 41-51
• KELLY, D.M. and DODD, N., 2010. Beach-face evolution in the swash zone Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 661, 316-340
• GARNIER, R., ORTEGA-SANCHEZ, M., LOSADA, M., FALQUES, A. and DODD, N., 2010. Beach cusps and inner surf zone processes: growth or destruction? A case study of Trafalgar Beach (Cadiz, Spain) Scientia Marina. 74(3), 539-553
• KELLY, D.M. and DODD, N., 2009. Floating grid characteristics method for unsteady flow over a mobile bed Computers and Fluids. 38, 899-909
• BRIGANTI, R. and DODD, N., 2009. On the role of shoreline boundary conditions in wave overtopping modelling with non-linear shallow water equations Coastal Engineering. 56, 1061–1067
• BRIGANTI, R. and DODD, N., 2009. Shoreline motion in nonlinear shallow water coastal models Coastal Engineering. 56(5-6), 495-505
• HASAN, H., DODD, N. and GARNIER, R., 2009. Stabilizing effect of random waves on rip currents Journal of Geophysical Research (Oceans). 114(C07010),
• DODD, N, STOKER, A.M., GARNIER, R., VITTORI, G., DE LOS SANTOS, F., BROCCHINI, M., SOLDINI, L. and LOSADA, M., 2008. Use of numerical models to study land-based sedimentation and subsequent nearshore morphological evolution Coastal Engineering. 55(7-8), 601-621
• GARNIER, R., CALVETE, D., FALQUES, A. and DODD, N., 2008. Modelling the formation and the long-term behavior of rip channel systems from the deformation of a longshore bar J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans). 113(C07053),
• BROCCHINI, M. and DODD, N., 2008. Nonlinear shallow water equations modeling for coastal engineering ASCE Journal of Waterways, Ports, Coastal and Ocean Engineering. 134(2), 104-120
• DODD, N., STOKER, A.M., CALVETE, D. and SRIARIYAWAT, A., 2008. On beach cusp formation Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 597(February), 145-169
• FALQUES, A., DODD, N., GARNIER, R., RIBAS, F., MACHARDY, L.C., LARROUDE, P., CALVETE, D. and SANCHO, F., 2008. Rhythmic surf zone bars and morphodynamic self-organization Coastal Engineering. 55(7-8), 622-641
• VAN LEEUWEN, S., DODD, N., CALVETE, D. and FALQUÉS, A., 2007. Linear evolution of a shoreface nourishment Coastal Engineering. 54(5), 417-431
• COCO, G and D. CALVETE, A. FALQUES AND N. DODD, 2007. The role of initial bathymetry on rip channel formation, in River In: 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2007. 745-751
• GARNIER, R and D. CALVETE, N. DODD, AND A. FALQUES, 2007. Modeling the interaction between transverse and crescentic bar systems In: 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2007. 931-937
• TIESSEN, M.C.H, S.M. VAN LEEUWEN, D. CALVETE, N. DODD, 2007. Analysis of the morphodynamical development of crescentic bed patterns at Duck over two months in 1998 In: 5th IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics: RCEM 2007. 729–736
• CALVETE, D., COCO, G., FALQUES, A and DODD, N., 2007. (Un)predictability in rip channel systems Geophys. Res. Lett... 34(L05605),
• VAN LEEUWEN, S.M., DODD, N., CALVETE, D. and FALQUÉS, A., 2006. Physics of nearshore bed pattern formation under regular or random waves Journal of Geophysical Research. 111(F1), F01023
• STOKER,A.M. and DODD,N., 2006. Evolution of beach cusps In: 5th International Conference on Coastal Dynamics, Barcelona, Spain, 4-8 April 205.
• CALVETE, D., DODD, N., FALQUÉS, A. and VAN LEEUWEN, S.M., 2005. Morphological development of rip channel systems: normal and near normal wave incidence Journal of Geophysical Research. 110(Oct), C10006
• HUDSON, J., DAMGAARD, J., DODD, N., CHESHER, T. and COOPER, A., 2005. Numerical approaches for 1D morphodynamic modelling Coastal Engineering. 52(8), 691-707
• RIBAS, F., DE SWART, H.E., CALVETE, D., FALQUES, A., DODD, N. and VAN LEEUWEN, S.M., 2005. Sensitivity of modeled nearshore rhythmic bars to wave and sediment transport formulations In: Coastal Dynamics '05.
• DODD, N., IRANZO, V. and CABALLERIA, M., 2004. A subcritical instability of wave-driven alongshore currents Journal of Geophysical Research: C. Oceans and Atmospheres. 109, C02018
• CLARKE, S., DODD, N. and DAMGAARD, J., 2004. Modeling flow in and above a porous beach Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal and Ocean Engineering. 130(5), 223-233
• VAN LEEUWEN, S.M., DODD, N., CALVETE, D. and FALQUES, A., 2004. Stochastic processes in beach response predictions In: Proc. 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering.
• DODD, N., BLONDEAUX, P., CALVETE, D., DE SWART, H.E., FALQUÉS, A., HULSCHER, S.J.M.H., RÓZYNSKI, G. and VITTORI, G., 2003. Understanding coastal morphodynamics using stability methods Journal of Coastal Research. 19(4), 849-866
• CHEUNG, K. F., PHADKE, A. C., WEI, Y., ROJAS, R., DOUYERE, Y. J., MARTINO, C. D., HOUSTON, S. H., LIU, P. L., LYNETT, P. J. and DODD, N., 2003. Modeling of storm-induced coastal flooding for emergency management Ocean Engineering. VOL 30(NUMBER 11), 1353-1386
• CABALLERIA, M., CALVETE, D., COCO, G., DODD, N. and FALQUES, A., 2003. Formation and alongshore spacing of crescentic bars In: Proc. 3rd IAHR Symposium on River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics.
• DAMGAARD, J., DODD, N., HALL, L. and CHESHER, T., 2002. Morphodynamic modelling of rip channel growth Coastal Engineering. 45(3-4), 199-221
• HUBBARD, M.E. and DODD, N., 2002. A 2D numerical model of wave run-up and overtopping Coastal Engineering. 47(1), 1-26
• CALVETE, D., DODD, N. and FALQUES, A., 2002. Morphological development of nearshore bed-forms In: Proceedings of 28th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. 3321-3332
• DONG, G.H., YE, W.Y. and DODD, N., 2001. Long waves associated with bichromatic waves China Ocean Engineering. 11(2), 281-289
• DODD, N., IRANZO, V. and RENIERS, A.J.H.M., 2000. Shear instabilities of wave-driven alongshore currents Rev. Geophys.. 38(4), 437-463
• DAMGAARD, J.S., DODD, N., HALL, L.J. and CHESHER, T.J., 2000. Morphodynamic modelling of rip channels In: Proc. 27th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. 441-453
• DONG, G.-H., DODD, N. and LI, Y.C., 1999. Experiments on transformation and run-up of wave trains China Ocean Eng.. 14(3), 329-337
• DONG, G.-H., ZOU, Z. and DODD, N., 1999. Nonlinear model of mean free surface of waves China Ocean Eng.. 13(2), 155-162
• NAKAMURA, S. and DODD, N., 1998. Observation and simulation of low-frequency waves on two natural beaches In: Proc. 26th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. 1313-1322
• DODD, N., 1998. A numerical model of wave run-up, overtopping and regeneration ASCE J. Waterway, Port, Coast. and Ocean Eng.. 124(2), 73-81
• CALVETE, D., FALQUÉS, A., H.E. DE SWART H.E. and DODD, N., 1998. Nonlinear modeling of shoreface connected sand ridges In: Proc. Coastal Sediments, '99. 1123-1138
• FALQUÉS, A., CALVETE, D., DE SWART, H.E. and DODD, N, 1998. Morphodynamics of shoreface-connected ridges In: Proc. 26th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. 2851-2864
• NAKAMURA, S. and DODD, N., 1997. A numerical model of low-frequency wave motion on a beach and over reefs In: Proc. 3rd Int. Symp. on Ocean Wave Meas. and Anal.. 166--180
• GIARRUSSO, C.C. and DODD, N., 1997. Numerical modeling of coastal flooding In: Proc. 3rd Int. Symp. on Ocean Wave Meas. and Anal.. 181--192
• DODD, N. and FALQUES, A., 1996. A note on spatial modes in longshore current shear instabilities J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans). 101(C10), 22,715-22,726
• DODD, N., 1996. A computational model of overtopping at sea walls In: Proc. Tidal'96 Conf.. 106-113
• DODD, N., 1996. Efficient higher-order finite-difference schemes for parabolic models Coastal Engineering. 28, 57-92
• DODD, N. and BOWERS, EC., 1995. Low frequency waves: wave basin experiments and numerical modeling In: Advances in Coastal Morphodynamics. 3.21-3.24
• DODD, N., 1994. On the destabilization of a longshore current on a plane beach: Bottom shear stress, critical conditions and the onset of instability J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans). 99(C1), 811-824
• ZOU, Z. and DODD, N., 1994. A nonlinear surf beat model In: Proc. 24th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. 1961-1974
• COATES, T.T. and DODD, N., 1994. The response of gravel beaches in the presence of control structures In: Proc. 24th International Conference on Coastal Engineering. 1880-1894
• DODD, N., OLTMAN-SHAY, J. and THORNTON, E.B., 1992. Shear instabilities in the longshore current: A comparison of observation and theory J. Phys. Oceanogr.. 22, 62-82
• DODD, N. and THORNTON, E.B., 1992. Longshore current shear instabilities: growth to finite amplitude In: Proc. 23rd International Conference on Coastal Engineering. 2655-2668
• SHEMER, L., DODD, N. and THORNTON, E.B., 1991. Slow-time modulation of finite-depth nonlinear water waves: Relation to longshore current oscillations J. Geophys. Res. (Oceans). 96(C4), 7105-7113
• DODD, N., 1991. Reflective properties of parabolic approximations in shallow water wave propagation SIAM J. Appl. Math.. 51, 635-657
• DODD, N. and THORNTON, E.B., 1990. Growth and energetics of shear waves in the nearshore J. Geophys. Res.. 95(C9), 95(C9), 16075-16083
• DODD, N., OLTMAN-SHAY, J. and THORNTON, E.B., 1990. Instabilities in the longshore current In: Proc. 22nd International Conference on Coastal Engineering. 584-596
• PEREGRINE, D.H., SKYNER, D., STIASSNIE, M. and DODD, N., 1988. Nonlinear effects on focussed water waves In: Proc. 21st Intenational Conference on Coastal Engineering. 732-742