On the Highest Periodic Short‐Crested Wave
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 112, Issue 2
Abstract
The wave motion in the vertical planes containing the loci of free surface elevation peaks in a periodic short‐crested wave, synthesized as the sum of two component waves, is exactly two‐dimensional. It is shown that the linear and nonlinear theories that have been developed for long‐crested twodimensional waves are valid for the wave motion of short‐crested waves in the previously defined planes, provided that the wave height, defines the total vertical difference between peak and depression (instead of crest to trough as in the case of long‐crested waves) and the wave length is the distance between peaks. It is also shown that the Stokes theory for limit waves is valid for short‐crested waves and that the breaking criteria that are based on the Stokes theory are also applicable to short‐crested waves, with a correction that is a function of the angle between the crests of the two primary wave components. The maximum possible free surface elevation of the peak of shortcrested waves is then obtained for engineering applications.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 112 • Issue 2 • March 1986
Pages: 320 - 330
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Copyright © 1986 ASCE.
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Published online: Mar 1, 1986
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