THE BEHAVIOR OF SOLITARY WAVES ON A STEPPED SLOPE.
Abstract
A set of experiments was run in a research facility to evaluate long wave behavior on a stepped slope. The slope was an idealized model of the continental slope and shelf. The primary objective of these tests was to establish bounds on the fluid volume delivery onto a shelf resulting from long wave encroachment. Solitary waves were used for the tests so that bottom topography effects on the wave behavior could be isolated from the other complex wave-wave interactions that would have been present if wave trains had been used. A study was made of the water volume transmitted onto the shelf by the waves and of their deformation and readjustment to the new water depth. The results were interpreted in terms of a non-dimensional initial volume, the slope and the ratio of water depths. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1968
- Accession Number
- AD0676220
Entities
People
- Peter W. Whitford
- Robert Lynnwood Street
- Stephen J. Burges
Organizations
- Stanford University