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Dec 31, 2015
A Model Study of the Distribution of Run-Up of Wind-Generated Waves on Sloping Sea Walls
Authors: Norman B. Webber and Geoffrey N. BullockAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Coastal Engineering 1968
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The behaviour of wind-generated waves on impermeable slopes of 1:2, 1:4 and 1:10 was investigated in a 40 ft long laboratory wind-wave flume. Apparatus for measuring instantaneous values of the run-up was devised. Wind velocities of up to 44 ft/sec were applied, producing wave heights of up to 2.5 in.
Distributions were obtained for the wave and run-up characteristics. The empirical results were compared with theoretical statistical relationships. A comparison was made with the run-ups in paddle-wave experiments.
The relationship between the waves and their run-ups was further investigated by a comparison of simultaneous recordings, using the methods of spectral analysis.
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Coastal Engineering 1968
Pages: 870 - 887
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© 1969 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Norman B. Webber
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Southampton Southampton, Gt. Britain
Geoffrey N. Bullock
Hydraulics Division, Central Laboratory, George Wimpey and Co. Ltd. London, Gt. Britain
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