No. 14 (1974), Conference Proceedings
No. 14 (1974)

RUN-UP DUE TO BREAKING AND NON-BREAKING WAVES

Conference Proceedings
Published 1974-01-29
F. Raichlen
W. M. Keck Laboratory of Hydraulics and Water Resources, California Institute of Technology
J.L. Hammack
W. M. Keck Laboratory of Hydraulics and Water Resources, California Institute of Technology
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run up
breaking waves
nonbreaking waves

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RUN-UP DUE TO BREAKING AND NON-BREAKING WAVES. (1974). Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 1(14), 113. https://doi.org/10.9753/icce.v14.113
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Abstract

This study was conducted to Investigate the effect of incident wave parameters on run-up for both a smooth-faced structure and a structure armored with quarry-stone. The ratio of the depth-to-wave length (the relative depth) was found to be important in defining wave run-up for both cases. The relative run-up (expressed as the ratio of the run-up elevation above still water level to the incident wave height) for waves which break at the toe of the structure was less than the maximum relative run-up for non-breaking waves for the same relative depth. For both structures, the maximum relative run-up for experiments with long waves occurred at a value of the modified Ursell number, (1/2IT) (HL2/h3) , of order unity which indicates that the nonlinear and linear effects are approximately equal in the incident wave.
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