Energy Losses of Waves in Shallow Water

Abstract

This report presents a method for predicting nearshore significant wave height given the straight-line fetch length, the windspeed, and the nearshore water depth. The prediction curves were generated by numerically propagating offshore Joint North Sea Wave Project(JONSWAP) spectra shoreward while applying shoaling and wave steepness limitation criteria to each spectral component. Example problems are included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA116274

Entities

People

  • C. Linwood Vincent
  • William G. Grosskopf

Organizations

  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coastal Engineering
  • Deep Water
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Frequency Bands
  • Friction
  • North Sea
  • Shallow Water
  • Shore Protection
  • Water
  • Water Waves
  • Wave Power
  • Waves
  • Wind Direction

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Coastal and Marine Engineering/Sediment Transport/Hydraulic Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics.