This paper analyses experimental results from 2d and 3d model tests. The purpose was to derive a criterion to predict breaking wave height in presence of simple and composite vertical breakwaters. A new empirical formula is discussed and its validity is examined by the laboratory experiments. Subsequently a description is given of a model developed for the prediction of the percentage of waves impacting on this structure in a sea state
Onset of breaking in front of vertical and composite breakwaters / Calabrese, Mario. - STAMPA. - 3:(1998), pp. 590-595. (Intervento presentato al convegno The Eighth (1998) International OFFSHORE AND POLAR ENGINEERING CONFERENCE tenutosi a Montreal, Canada nel May 24-28, 1998).
Onset of breaking in front of vertical and composite breakwaters
CALABRESE, MARIO
1998
Abstract
This paper analyses experimental results from 2d and 3d model tests. The purpose was to derive a criterion to predict breaking wave height in presence of simple and composite vertical breakwaters. A new empirical formula is discussed and its validity is examined by the laboratory experiments. Subsequently a description is given of a model developed for the prediction of the percentage of waves impacting on this structure in a sea stateI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
