FORCES INDUCED BY BREAKING WATER WAVES ON A VERTICAL WALL

Abstract

Analyses are presented of two-dimensional laboratory measurements of the forces induced by breaking waves on a vertical barrier placed on a plane with a one-to-ten slope. When a wave breaks on the barrier its momentum, calculated by use of the solitary wave theory, is found to be in substantial agreement with the impulse (force times time) on the barrier, measured from the initial impact to the time of momentum reversed (maximum of rise). (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 09, 1961
Accession Number
AD0252980

Entities

People

  • J.j. Leendertse

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Measurement
  • Momentum
  • Physical Properties
  • Solitons
  • Two Dimensional
  • Water Waves
  • Waves

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.