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An investigation of breaking wave pressures on inclined walls
Gerald Müller,Trevor Whittaker +1 more
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In this paper, the authors assess the influence of front wall inclination on the magnitude of breaking wave pressures and conclude that a maximum pressure of 105% can be expected for a 10° forward inclined wall.About:
This article is published in Ocean Engineering.The article was published on 1993-07-01. It has received 21 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Breaking wave & Wave power.read more
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Wave pressure acting on a seawave slot-cone generator
Diego Vicinanza,Peter Frigaard +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results on wave loading acting on an innovative caisson breakwater for electricity production, which is based on the known principle of overtopping and storing the wave energy in several reservoirs placed one above the other.
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Stability of waterfront retaining wall subjected to pseudo-static earthquake forces
TL;DR: In this paper, the effect of earthquakes along with hydrodynamic pressure including inertial forces on a retaining wall is observed, and the authors show that when the horizontal seismic acceleration coefficient is increased from 0 to 0.2, there is a 57% decrease in the factor of safety of the retaining wall in sliding mode.
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Wave Forces on an Oscillating Water Column Device
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of experiments were conducted in a wave flume, 72.5m long, 2m wide and 2.5 m deep, where a custom made strain gauge based force transducer has been mounted to measure two force components namely vertical and horizontal.
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Stability of waterfront retaining wall subjected to pseudo-dynamic earthquake forces and tsunami
TL;DR: In this article, a study in which the waterfront retaining wall has been analyzed for its stability when it is exposed to the forces jointly coming from an earthquake and tsunami was conducted, and closed form solutions following the simple limit equilibrium principles have been proposed.
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Visualisation of flow conditions inside a shoreline wave power station
Gerald Müller,Trevor Whittaker +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a 1/36 two-dimensional model of the Islay prototype wave power station was used to assess the influence of geometry changes on the hydraulic performance, and it was found that large vortices developed around the comparatively thin front wall for in- and outflow and internal sloshing occurs during the inflow period.
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Impact pressure of breaking waves on vertical and sloping walls
TL;DR: In this article, the authors measured the impact pressure of breaking waves on vertical, 5° forward, and 5, 10, 20, 30, and 45° backward sloping walls.
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Experimental investigation op shock pressures against breakwaters
TL;DR: In this paper, an experimental investigation of shock pressures against breakwaters caused by "breaking waves" is described, which occur if the wave front is formed in such a way that an air cushion is entrapped between the wave and the wall.
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Shock Pressures Exerted by Breaking Waves on Breakwaters
TL;DR: In this article, the behavior from instant to instant of breaking waves, relationships between wave pressures, and configuration of breaking wave were measured by means of 16 mm high speed movie taken at 3000 frames/sec in synchronism with pressure gages.
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Shock Pressures Exerted by Breaking Waves on Breakwaters
TL;DR: In this article, the behavior from instant to instant of breaking waves, relationships between wave pressures, and configuration of breaking wave were measured by means of 16 mm high speed movie taken at 3000 frames/sec in synchronism with pressure gages.