A physical model study of combined refraction and diffraction of waves through a breakwater gap at different incident angles was conducted. Both regular and random waves with narrow and broad frequency and direction spreading were studied. Besides the presence of a mild bottom slope in the lee of the breakwater, the distribution of wave heights across the width of a navigation channel inside the model harbor was also simulated. In addition to contributing to an understanding of the phenomenon of refraction and diffraction of random waves, the relatively complete set of data obtained can serve as a benchmark for testing of numerical models.


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    Title :

    Refraction and diffraction of random waves through breakwater


    Additional title:

    Brechung und Beugung von willkürlichen Wellen durch Wellenbrecher


    Contributors:
    Yu, Y.X. (author) / Liu, X.Y. (author) / Li, Y.S. (author) / Onyx W.H. Wai (author)

    Published in:

    Ocean Engineering ; 27 , 5 ; 489-509


    Publication date :

    2000


    Size :

    21 Seiten, 14 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 13 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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