Open AccessSHORT-CRESTED BREAKING WAVES
Author(s) -
P.C. Machen
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
coastal engineering proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-1028
pISSN - 0589-087X
DOI - 10.9753/icce.v19.62
Subject(s) - breaking wave , physics , scale (ratio) , mechanics , meteorology , wave propagation , optics , quantum mechanics
The likely effects of short-crested (sc) breaking waves on ships and structures are summarised in the case of the simplest non-trivial sc sea at medium/high crossing angle. Typical experimental data of sc breaking wave-height and sc water particle speeds are given at model-scale.
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