EFFECTS ON REEFS AND BOTTOM SLOPES ON WIND SET-UP IN SHALLOW WATER

Abstract

Wind tides in shallow water were studied in a laboratory channel with a reef, with various widths of openings, located near the center of the channel and with various slopes of the channel bottom other than horizontal. The reef increased the set-up over a smooth bottom condition by a factor of two for a solid reef and somewhat less than this if the reef had an opening in it. The cross-sectional integration procedure adequately describes the surface profile for the sloping bottom, while the estimated set-up assuming a constant depth equal to the deepest part underestimates the actual set-up by as much as 2.75. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1960
Accession Number
AD0252729

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  • E.g. Tickner

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  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

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  • Alkalies
  • Bases (Chemistry)
  • Buildings And Structures
  • Chemical Compounds
  • Fluids
  • Hydrogen Compounds
  • Shallow Water
  • Water

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