TY - GEN
T1 - Beach morphology behind an impermeable submerged breakwater under obliquely incident waves
AU - Ranasinghe, Roshan Suminda
AU - Sato, Shinji
PY - 2007/4/1
Y1 - 2007/4/1
N2 - Small-scale laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the morphodynamics of sand beaches of uniform grain size, in the lee of an impermeable submerged breakwater under obliquely incident monochromatic waves. These physical model tests showed consistent results for the beach morphology and the subsequent shoreline response behind the submerged breakwater with the geometry and the position of the structure under the same wave condition. Particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) technique was successfully utilized to identify different patterns and mechanism of currents behind this structure on fixed and movable beds. Submerged breakwaters were found to perform well under obliquely incident waves, if the volume enclosed behind these structures is filled artificially.
AB - Small-scale laboratory experiments were conducted to investigate the morphodynamics of sand beaches of uniform grain size, in the lee of an impermeable submerged breakwater under obliquely incident monochromatic waves. These physical model tests showed consistent results for the beach morphology and the subsequent shoreline response behind the submerged breakwater with the geometry and the position of the structure under the same wave condition. Particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) technique was successfully utilized to identify different patterns and mechanism of currents behind this structure on fixed and movable beds. Submerged breakwaters were found to perform well under obliquely incident waves, if the volume enclosed behind these structures is filled artificially.
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U2 - 10.1142/9789812709554_0309
DO - 10.1142/9789812709554_0309
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84873019484
SN - 9789812706362
T3 - Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference
SP - 3682
EP - 3694
BT - Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering 2006, ICCE 2006
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 30th International Conference on Coastal Engineering, ICCE 2006
Y2 - 3 September 2006 through 8 September 2006
ER -