Effect of Large Nearshore Structures on Wave Motion in the Vicinity of the Structure and Adjacent Coast

Abstract

This report deals with the diffraction of water waves by large impermeable offshore structures. It presents the first phase of a laboratory study of the diffraction of uniform periodic waves by rigid, impervious, vertical-wall offshore structures. The laboratory tests were evaluated in view of an extension of existing diffraction theory using an available, modified computer program (Fan, Cumming, and Wiegel, 1967). In addition, some studies were made of the effect of wave energy absorbing material placed on the seaward side of laboratory breakwater models.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1974
Accession Number
ADA016969

Entities

People

  • Ho Tak Sun
  • Manssour A. Kian
  • R. L. Wiegel
  • Volker W. Harms

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Computer Programs
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Diffraction
  • Energy Absorbers
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Geometry
  • Literature Surveys
  • Mechanics
  • Model Basins
  • Offshore Structures
  • Standing Waves
  • Three Dimensional
  • Water Waves

Readers

  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Combustion Dynamics and Shock Wave Physics.
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering