Wave overtopping discharge for very gently sloping foreshores

Thu Ha Nguyen*, Bas Hofland, Vu Dan Chinh, Marcel Stive

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Abstract

The spectral wave period Tm-1,0 at the toe of sea-dikes is a crucial parameter to predict wave overtopping discharge over sea-dikes. It is known from literature that this period quickly increases when waves reach shallow foreshores; however, sometimes the assumption is made that the wave period remains constant from offshore to near-shore, leading to an underestimation of the near-shore wave period. Several formulae have been proposed to resolve the underestimation of wave overtopping discharges for very shallow foreshores. These corrective formulations confirm the tendency of underestimating the overtopping discharges over a very gently sloping foreshore but are not validated for foreshore slopes gentler than 1:500. The "equivalent slope" method based on a recent study is inappropriate for these very gently sloping foreshores due to the breaker parameter being much smaller than seven. This study proposes an extension of the correction and finds that spectral wave periods can reach values two times those offshore.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1695
Number of pages18
JournalWater (Switzerland)
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • (Very) shallow foreshore
  • LF waves
  • SWAN
  • SWASH
  • T
  • Very gentle foreshore
  • Wave overtopping

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