Research Article
Nov 1974
Experimental Study of Wave Transmission
Publication: Journal of the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division
Volume 100, Issue 4
Abstract
Unsteady non-Darcy flow in rectangular rock-fill embankments with impervious cores was studied experimentally by subjecting the embankments to nonlinear, shallow water waves. Crushed rock and quartz were utilized, in sizes ranging from 0.7 to 4.4 cm, to build embankments of various widths. The embankments were tested for several wave conditions. Empirical formulas are presented for transmission, reflection, runup, and rushdown and all gave good correlations. An upward shift of the mean water level in the embankments was detected during the experiments. It was found that transmission decreased with decreasing conductivity and increasing wave steepness and embankment width, and that reflection decreased with increasing conductivity and width of embankment.
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Journal of the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division
Volume 100 • Issue 4 • November 1974
Pages: 279 - 286
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© 1974 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Nov 1974
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Mohamed Sameh Nasser
Asst. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Sir George Williams Univ., Montreal, Quebec, Canada
John A. McCorquodale, AM.ASCE
Assoc. Prof., Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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