Review of the vertical structure of wave-induced currents

The wave-driven current is one of the most significant factor affecting nearshore engineering and coastal evolution.The depth-integrated 2D wave-driven currents are studied with great efforts and applied widely in the coastal engineerings.However,the vertical variation of wave driven currents may result in the structure instability and morphology evolution in the coastal region.There still need More work on this topic in China.Based on the published literatures about the laboratory and field measurements,the theoretical analysis and the numerical simulations,the research progresses in this subject at home and abroad are reviewed,and several opinions on the existing problems and the future developments are proposed.