A HYDRAULIC MODEL STUDY OF LANDSLIDE-GENERATED WATER WAVES IN BAYS.

Abstract

The investigation for which this paper is being written is a hydraulic model study on waves created by landslides falling down a slope. The primary objective of this study is to enable one to predict the height of a wave from the various parameters that govern it. All testing was confined to the two-dimensional case, rather than the three-dimensional case, because it was both simpler to investigate and sufficient in determining the principal relationship among the pertinent parameters. This model study, discusses waves created by the displacement of water by boxes sliding down in incline. The entire experimental arrangement simulated a landslide-generated wave in 2-dimensions in a bay. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0673746

Entities

People

  • Edward M. Kuba

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Displacement
  • Geometry
  • Hydraulic Models
  • Landslides
  • Mathematics
  • Models
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • Water Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.