Wave Transmission over Submerged Breakwaters
Publication: Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 115, Issue 5
Abstract
Monochromatic wave reflection and transmission over a submerged impermeable breakwater is predicted numerically by slightly modifying the numerical model developed previously for predicting wave reflection and run‐up on rough or smooth impermeable slopes. The slight modification is related to the landward boundary condition required for the transmitted wave propagating landward. In addition to the conservation equations of mass and momentum used to compute the flow field, an equation of energy is derived to estimate the rate of energy dissipation due to wave breaking. The computed reflection and transmission coefficients are shown to be in agreement with available small‐scale test data. The numerical model also predicts the spatial variation of the energy dissipation, the mean water level difference, and the time‐averaged volume flux per unit width, although available measurements are not sufficient for evaluating the capabilities and limitations of the numerical model for predicting these quantities.
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Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering
Volume 115 • Issue 5 • September 1989
Pages: 662 - 680
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