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Characterization of breaking wave impact on vertical wall with recurve
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In this paper, large-scale experiments were conducted at the Coastal Research Centre (FZK), Germany to characterize the mechanics and characteristics of impact pressures due to breaking waves on a vertical sea wave.Abstract:
Large-scale experiments were conducted at the Coastal Research Centre (FZK), Germany to characterize the mechanics and characteristics of impact pressures due to breaking waves on a vertical sea wa...read more
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Experimental investigation on non-breaking wave forces and overtopping at the recurved parapets of vertical breakwaters
Luca Martinelli,Piero Ruol,Matteo Volpato,Chiara Favaretto,Myrta Castellino,P. De Girolamo,Leopoldo Franco,Alessandro Romano,Paolo Sammarco +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the intensity of the load applied by non-breaking waves on the recurved parapet wall of vertical breakwaters under both regular and irregular waves.
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Experimental modeling of wave load on a pile-supported wharf with pile breakwater
Huang Jianjun,Guoping Chen +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a hybrid structure of a pile-supported wharf connecting with a pile breakwater is tested in a flume with a scale factor of 1:30, where both wave, scour and load characteristic of this structure are investigated.
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Impact Pressure and Forces on a Vertical Wall with Different Types of Parapet
Rajendran Ravindar,V. Sriram +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the variations in wave loads on a vertical seawall structure due to the addition of parapets were discussed, and a 1:8 model scale experiment on a wall with parapets was carried out.
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Numerical investigations for mitigation of tsunami wave impact on onshore buildings using sea dikes
TL;DR: In this paper, a well tested mathematical model is used to bring out important counter intuitive results on the aspect of reducing tsunami impact forces on on-shore buildings using sea dikes, based on numerical solution of the general Reynolds Averaged Navier Stokes equations, with SST-k-ω model for turbulence closure.
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Wave Impact Loads on Vertical Seawalls: Effects of the Geometrical Properties of Recurve Retrofitting
TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigate the effect of the geometrical properties of recurve retrofitting on the pressure distribution, overall force, and overturning moment at the seawall subject to both impulsive and non-impulsive waves.
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Wave impact pressure on vertical walls under breaking waves of various types
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the physics and characteristics of impact pressure due to collisions of breaking waves against a vertical wall and found that when a small amount of air is entrapped between the breaking wave and the wall at the collision, the impact pressure increases considerably.
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Wave impact loads: The role of the flip-through
TL;DR: In this article, the impact of waves upon a vertical, rigid wall during sloshing is analyzed with specific focus on the modes that lead to the generation of a flip-through.
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The influence of air and scale on wave impact pressures
TL;DR: In this article, a relationship between the level of aeration and the violence of the impact is derived, which enables the reduction in impact pressure caused by aeration to be estimated and provides a better means of predicting impact pressures in laboratory seawater wave tests from freshwater tests than either the Froude or Cauchy laws.
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Breaking wave impact on vertical and sloping coastal structures
TL;DR: In this article, the maximum and bottom impact pressure on a wall is treated statistically and the effects of the wall angle and foreshore slope on these two quantities are examined, and the results show that for practical applications, the still-water level can be taken as the acting place for the maximum pressure on the wall.
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An investigation of breaker heights, shapes and pressures
Phillip Hull,Gerald Müller +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic study of breaker shapes and wave impact pressures on a vertical wall using a newly developed experimental technique, sequential flash photography, was conducted at Queen's University of Belfast.