Wave Run-up and Wave Overtopping on a Rubble Mound Breakwater-Comparison of Prototype and Laboratory Investigations

In 2008 the authors verified the hydraulic stability of a coastal defense project to be built along the NW coast of Sicily (Italy, Tomasicchio et al., 2009). The intervention consisted of shore parallel barriers armored with a relatively new eco-friendly system: ECOPODETM. In that context the idea arose of conducting an exhaustive experimental campaign on the “ hydraulic response “ of these units, including wave run-up , wave overtopping, wave transmission and wave reflection observations. The latter has been performed in 2010 at the LInC Laboratory of University of Naples “Federico II”. In this paper results on wave run-up and reflection are presented and discussed.

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Wave Run-Up on the Zeebrugge Rubble Mound Breakwater: Full-Scale Measurement Results Versus Laboratory Results

Journal of Coastal Research ◽

10.2112/04-0157a.1 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 233 ◽

pp. 584-591 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Julien De Rouck ◽

Björn Van de Walle ◽

Peter Troch ◽

Jentsje van der Meer ◽

Luc Van Damme ◽

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Keyword(s):

Full Scale ◽

Measurement Results ◽

Laboratory Results ◽

Rubble Mound ◽

Run Up

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Uncertainties in the physical modelling of the wave overtopping over a rubble mound breakwater: The role of the seeding number and of the test duration

Coastal Engineering ◽

10.1016/j.coastaleng.2015.05.005 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 103 ◽

pp. 15-21 ◽

Cited By ~ 38

Author(s):

A. Romano ◽

G. Bellotti ◽

R. Briganti ◽

L. Franco

Keyword(s):

Physical Modelling ◽

Test Duration ◽

Wave Overtopping ◽

Rubble Mound

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PHYSICAL MODEL TESTS ON WAVE OVERTOPPING AND FLOW PROCESSES ON DIKE CRESTS INFLUENCED BY WAVE-CURRENT INTERACTION

Coastal Engineering Proceedings ◽

10.9753/icce.v33.waves.34 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 (33) ◽

pp. 34 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Stefanie Lorke ◽

Babette Scheres ◽

Holger Schüttrumpf ◽

Antje Bornschein ◽

Reinhard Pohl

Keyword(s):

Physical Model ◽

Model Tests ◽

Longshore Current ◽

Wind Fields ◽

Incoming Wave ◽

Wave Overtopping ◽

Improve Design ◽

Physical Model Tests ◽

Flow Processes ◽

Run Up

Flow processes like flow depths and flow velocities give important information about erosion and infiltration processes, which can lead to an unstable dike structure and consequently to dike failure. Up to now several physical model tests on wave run-up and wave overtopping are available to adjust and improve design formula for different dike structures. This kind of physical model tests have been performed in the here presented project FlowDike. Its main purpose is to consider two new aspects that could influence the assessment of wave run-up and wave overtopping as well as the flow processes on dikes which have not been investigated yet: longshore current and wind. Especially in estuaries and along coasts, the effect of tidal and storm induced currents combined with local wind fields can influence the incoming wave parameters at the dike toe as well as the wave run-up height, the wave overtopping rate and the flow processes on dikes. This paper will focus on these flow processes on dike slopes and dike crests on an 1:6 sloped dike influenced by oblique wave attack and longshore current.

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THE WAVE RUN-UP SIMULATOR, THEORY AND FIRST PILOT TEST

Coastal Engineering Proceedings ◽

10.9753/icce.v33.structures.65 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 1 (33) ◽

pp. 65 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Jentsje Van der Meer ◽

Yvo Provoost ◽

Gosse Jan Steendam

Keyword(s):

Prediction Method ◽

Pilot Test ◽

Wave Overtopping ◽

Run Up

The idea of the Wave Run-up Simulator is based on the experiences with the Wave Overtopping Simulator. It is possible to simulate wave tongues overtopping a dike crest in reality. It must also be possible to simulate waves in the run-up and run-down zone of the seaward slope. This is the zone after waves have broken and when they rush-up the slope. The present paper describes this new idea of the Wave Run-up Simulator, why it is useful to develop the machine, to perform research with it and to develop a prediction method for slope strength. In fact, a prediction method can already be developed from the Cumulative Overload Method, which was developed on the basis of results with the Wave Overtopping Simulator, see Van der Meer et al. (2010). It also means that tests on the seaward slope will be done for validation purposes only. The paper describes in detail what is known about the movement of waves in this run-up zone and what actually the Wave Run-up Simulator has to simulate. Not a lot of research has been performed to describe the wave run-up process in detail, physically nor statistically. Finally, the pilot test has been described including hydraulic measurements on the slope.

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