RUNUP RECIPE FOR PERIODIC WAVES ON UNIFORMLY SLOPING BEACHES
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Keywords

wave run-up
periodic waves
uniform slope
shoaling

How to Cite

Van Dorn, W. G. (1966). RUNUP RECIPE FOR PERIODIC WAVES ON UNIFORMLY SLOPING BEACHES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(10), 21. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v10.21

Abstract

The shoaling enhancement of small-amplitude, dispersive wave trains traveling over uniform, impermeable slopes was observed in a specially-constructed wave channel, where the reproducible wave elevation measurement accuracy was about .0005-in. These observations substantially support the enhancement predicted from linear theory (conservation of energy flux) except in very shallow water and on very steep slopes, where accelerative effects become important. On the hypothesis that small-amplitude runup theory might be similarly valid for periodic waves of finite height, provided that the positive incident wave amplitude Is replaced by the local crest height above still water, this theory was modified to include the effect of the superelevation under a wave crest due to profile asymmetry. The modified theory is shown to agree acceptably with runup observations of larger waves previously reported - both for breaking and non-breaking waves. Because solutions to the modified theory cannot conveniently be obtained by manual calculation, a nomograph chart is included, from which runup predictions can be easily made, given only the wave height, period, and water depth a wavelength or so from shore, and the beach slope.
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