A Study of Long Wave Attenuation over Composite Undulating Breakwaters

Abstract

Shih, R.-S. and Weng, W.-K., 0000. A study of long wave attenuation over composite undulating breakwaters. Journal of Coastal Research, 00(0), 000-000. Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.In this study, the wave attenuation of multiple impermeable sinusoidal profile breakwaters is investigated by a physical experiment conducted in a 21-m wave flume with a combination of breakwaters collocated with various widths (w) and heights (D). The breakwaters were arranged in different permutations and combinations (from one to three sets) on the bottom of various undulating slopes. The attenuation effect when waves propagated through the periodic-gradational undulating terrain was explored, and the optimization of various sinusoidal breakwaters was analyzed. This article discusses the properties of wave reflectance (K r ), transmittance (K t ), the energy loss coefficient (K L ), and the attenuation of composite terrain, including the optimal combinations of obstacles. The values of K r , K t , and K L were diverse because of various breakwater combinations and various wave conditions. The results indicated that the attenuation of long waves was effective and was affected by nonlinearity and dispersion. Wave decomposition occurred when a wave passed through the breakwaters; a high-frequency fluctuation appeared and dissipated the energy of long waves. The transmittance indicated that a composite of rapidly varying combinations was more favorable than a gradually varying section. Increasing the quantity of composite breakwaters also improved the attenuation effect on both the rapidly varying cases and the segmented gradually varying cases. The optimal combination required to eliminate the energy of long waves was also examined and confirmed using a solitary wave test. ADDITIONAL INDEX WORDS:Composite undulating breakwater, reflection coefficient, transmission coefficient, wave attenuation, long wave, solitary wave.

Visualization Investigation of Energy Dissipation Induced by Eddy Currents for a Solitary-Like Wave Passing over Submerged Breakwater Sets

“…Kar et al [4] analyzed the gravity wave transformation with a finite floating dock in the presence of bottom undulation trenches. Undulating topography has been applied and designed by Shih and Weng [5,6] and Shih et al [7] as BWs, and the effectiveness of regular waves, irregular waves, and long wave attenuation was discussed in relation to their physical experiments. However, the interaction of the wave structure and the relationship between wave energy attenuation and vortices, especially the vortices induced by those undulating BWs, have not been widely investigated through experimental visualization.…”