Open AccessNEARSHORE BEHAVIOR OF BORE ON A UNIFORMLY SLOPING BEACH
Author(s) -
Abdulhamid Ghazali,
Harry Yeh
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.v20.66
Subject(s) - turbulence , front (military) , mechanics , geology , mode (computer interface) , shore , process (computing) , physics , oceanography , computer science , operating system
Using the laser-induced fluorescent method, the detailed transition process from bore to run-up mode is clarified experimentally. The transition process is found to be different from the previous predictions, and might provide an explanation for the discrepancies of the run-up height between the theory and laboratory measurements. Turbulence generated in a bore appears to be highly three-dimensional and sporadic. Turbulence generated close to the shore is advected with the bore-front motion and violent turbulent actions result during the transition from bore to run-up mode.