Open AccessEFFECTS OF SHORT-CRESTED WAVES ON THE SCOURING AROUND THE BREAKWATER
Author(s) -
MingChung Lin,
Chi-Tung Wu,
Yen-Chi Lu,
Nai-Kaung Liang
Publication year - 1986
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.v20.151
Subject(s) - breakwater , geology , breaking wave , longitudinal wave , geotechnical engineering , wave propagation , physics , optics
The aim of this research is to investigate quaiitatively the influence of short-crested waves on the scouring around the breakwater through mainly some laboratory studies. At first, we succeed to observe clearly in laboratory some sedimentary bed forms such as troughs, holes, triangle bars and longitudinal bars under short-crested wave actions. Then we elucidate the associstion of their formation mechanism with theory of short-crested waves, also indicate its effect on scouring at the toe of breakwaters. In addition, it is shown that the breaking wave height of short-crested waves is certainly higher than that of twodimensional standing waves. Finally we demonstrate some facts of failure of breakwater caused by short-crested wave breaking basing on some field results.