Dynamic pressures and run-up on semicircular breakwaters due to random waves

✍ Scribed by V. Sundar; V. Ragu

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 236 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0029-8018
• DOI: 10.1016/s0029-8018(97)00007-3

✦ Synopsis

The dynamic pressures due to random waves of predefined spectral characteristics exerted on a semicircular breakwater model at five different elevations along the depth are measured. In addition, the wave run-up on the model and its reflection characteristics are measured. The results on the variation of the frequency pressure spectra along the depth and the run-up spectra are reported in this paper. The average spectral characteristics as well as statistical properties of the above two parameters are presented. The average reflection coefficient is reported as a function of the wave steepness, described as the ratio of the significant wave height to the square of the peak period.