BEACH PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS DUE TO THE INCLINED WAVES
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Keywords

inclined waves
beach profile
profile characteristics

How to Cite

Hsu, T.-W., & Ou, S.-H. (1988). BEACH PROFILE CHARACTERISTICS DUE TO THE INCLINED WAVES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(21), 121. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v21.121

Abstract

The result of a theoretical approach shows that the beach profile characteristics is governed by a modified Iribarren number which includes the effects among the factors of initial beach slope, wave angle and wave steepness. A series of experiments are conducted in a three-dimensional movable bed model on the conditions of two different initial beach slopes, two incident wave angles as well as several erosive wave steepnesses. The relative importance of each factor involved in the parameter is discussed. It is shown that the modified Iribarren number is effective in the analysis, of beach profile characteristics under the action of inclined waves. The empirical relationships between beach profile changes and the modified Iribarren number are proposed on the basis of experimental results.
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