RUN-UP DISTRIBUTIONS OF WAVES BREAKING ON SLOPES

Run-up of irregular waves which break on a slope is calculated by assuming that on the average the run-up of each wave with a given height and period equals the run-up of a periodic wave train of the same height and period. General expressions are derived for the distributions of the run-up and the wave steepness as functionals of an arbitrary joint distribution of the wave height and the square of the period. Explicit results are obtained for the case when these variates are jointly Rayleigh distributed with arbitrary degree of correlation.

• Corporate Authors:

  American Society of Civil Engineers

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• Authors:
  • Battjes, J A
• Publication Date: 1971-2

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 91-114
• Serial:
  • Journal of Waterways and Harbors Division
  • Volume: 97
  • Issue Number: WW1
  • Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Water waves; Wave height; Waves
• Uncontrolled Terms: Wave run up
• Old TRIS Terms: Irregular waves
• Subject Areas: Hydraulics and Hydrology; Marine Transportation; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00019444
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Report/Paper Numbers: Paper 7923
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 19 1972 12:00AM