The Influence of an Existing Vertical Structure on the Inception of Wave Breaking Point (original) (raw)

2014, Coastal Engineering Proceedings

Vertical breakwaters and sea walls are frequently used structures to protect ports from sea actions like waves and high water levels. Vertical structures expose slowly-acting pulsating loads or more intense but shorter lasting impulsive loads. Prediction methods for wave loads to calculate hydraulic responses of these structures generally use the incident significant wave height, often defined in the water depth at the seaward toe of the structure (ℎ ). Where, wave breaking has significant influence on design wave heights. In addition, due to the result of the reflection or/and turbulence left from preceding waves, the inception of wave breaking point is different than the point in the case without vertical structures. Therefore, the hydraulic performance of load tests on vertical structures should be known.

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