Open AccessINCEPTION OF SAND MOTION AROUND A LARGE OBSTACLE
Author(s) -
Hidehiro Katsui,
Takao Toue
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.v21.95
Subject(s) - ellipse , wave motion , motion (physics) , scale (ratio) , submarine pipeline , obstacle , geology , diffraction , field (mathematics) , mechanics , classical mechanics , physics , geodesy , geotechnical engineering , geometry , optics , mathematics , geography , archaeology , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
To select a material for the top layer of the scour protection in the vicinity of a large-scale offshore structure, it is required to know when the material starts to move as a result of waves and currents. But, inception of the motion of sand particles in a region, where diffraction wave superimposes on incident wave and the water particles depict a resulting orbit of ellipse, differs from that calculated by formulae established in the two dimensional wave field. This paper reveals the discrepancy in calculation when the conventional formulae were used and the data obtained by model experiment. It makes reference, also, to a possible method for a more accurate evaluation of the inception of motion.