WAVE - HEIGHT PREDICTION FOR WAVE GENERATORS IN SHALLOW WATER,
Abstract
The height of wave generated by displacement type wave generators in shallow water is approximately equal to 2piS/L times an appropriate dimension of the wave generator. S is the stroke of the wave generator, L is the wave length given by the small-amplitude theory, and the wave generator dimension is measured perpendicular to S. This relation agrees with the hydrodynamic theory for piston and flap-type wave generators over the range of relative depths usually used in coastal energineering experiments, and it agrees with data from four piston-type and two plunger-type wave generators for depths satisfhing the condition (2pid/L) < 1. This method of wave-height prediction can shorten the time spent on many coastal energineering experiments. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0440880
Entities
People
- Cyril J. Galvin Jr.
Organizations
- Coastal Engineering Research Center