Open AccessARE SOLITARY WAVES THE LIMITING WAVES IN LONG WAVE RUNUP?
Author(s) -
Costas E. Synolakis
Publication year - 1988
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.v21.14
Subject(s) - limiting , mechanical wave , kondratiev wave , plane wave , plane (geometry) , physics , mechanics , love wave , gravity wave , geology , infragravity wave , momentum (technical analysis) , longitudinal wave , geophysics , wave propagation , optics , geometry , mathematics , engineering , mechanical engineering , finance , economics
This is a study of the maximum runup of single long waves on plane beaches. Laboratory data are presented that suggest that solitary waves attain the higher runup distances than other single long waves with identical generation characteristics, such as energy or momentum. These results suggest that solitary waves may provide a limiting condition for long wave runup on plane beaches.