Open AccessEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS IN BEACH WAVE INTERACTION
Author(s) -
H. Raman
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
proceedings of conference on coastal engineering/proceedings of ... conference on coastal engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v13.62
Subject(s) - geology , simple (philosophy) , constant (computer programming) , coastal engineering , mathematics , oceanography , computer science , philosophy , epistemology , programming language
Laboratory studies were conducted in an attempt to find out a relationship between beach and wave characteristics when equilibrium conditions are reached in beach wave interaction for the simple case of regular waves acting normal to the beach. Experimental results indicate the existence of stable points on beach profiles where the coordinates of the profile do not change with time when waves of constant characteristics act on the beach. Emperical relationship between the wave and beach properties are proposed. A new criterion for classification of beach profiles is indicated.