The similarity solution for a bore on a beach

✍ Scribed by J. W. Barker; G. B. Whitham

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1980
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 483 KB
• Volume: 33
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0010-3640
• DOI: 10.1002/cpa.3160330312

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A similarity solution is found for the asymptotic behavior of a bore as it approaches the shoreline on a sloping beach. This gives direct confirmation of earlier results on the motion of the bore and adds details of the associated flow field. It also makes explicit the analogy with Guderley's implosion problem in gas dynamics; the solution is constructed closely following Guderley's arguments.