WAVE FORCES ON VERTICAL PILES CAUSED BY 2- AND 3-DIMENSIONAL BREAKING WAVES
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Keywords

wave forces
2D breaking
3D breaking
breaking waves

How to Cite

Kjeldsen, S. P., Torum, A., & Dean, R. G. (1986). WAVE FORCES ON VERTICAL PILES CAUSED BY 2- AND 3-DIMENSIONAL BREAKING WAVES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(20), 142. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v20.142

Abstract

The present study deals with analysis of results from a new experiment in which local wave forces on a vertical pile penetrating the free surface were measured, both in transient breaking waves and in 2- and 3-dimensional irregular seas, regular waves, and waves and uniform currents superposed. The performance of the entire experimental programme showed that extreme wave load intensities are associated with transient 2- or 3-dimensional breaking waves, of relatively short wave periods, and not with the highest waves in the simulated sea states. The total integrated in-line force and the total overturning moment caused by breaking waves exceeded the values measured in monochromatic regular waves by a factor of 3. Inception of wave breaking was caused by phase superposition, and occurred also for very low values of wave steepness s = 0.05.
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