Potential Toe Scour and Wave Reflection at Revetments.

Abstract

This paper presents a method for estimating toe scour potential at a reveted slope as characterized by bottom velocity. Wave, water level, and structure parameters are considered. Laboratory tests were conducted on a fixed (nonerodible) bottom, and wave and bottom velocity time series were measured near the toe of the revetment. Previous scour studies are reviewed, the laboratory experiment is described, and results are presented to correlate representative bottom velocity with relative depth, wave steepness, and reflection.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA310316

Entities

People

  • Ernest R. Smith

Organizations

  • Coastal Engineering Research Center

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Corps Of Engineers
  • Breakwaters
  • Civil Engineering
  • Coastal Engineering
  • Embankments
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Equations
  • Flood Control
  • Laboratory Tests
  • Particles
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Reflection
  • Regions
  • Regression Analysis
  • Revetments
  • Waterways

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  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation