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Title: Prediction of overtopping rates for irregular waves on riprap revetments
Authors: Ward, Donald L. (Donald Leslie), 1943-
Keywords: Overtopping
Revetment
Riprap
Runup
Wave overtopping
Publisher: Coastal Engineering Research Center (U.S.)
Engineer Research and Development Center (U.S.)
Series/Report no.: Miscellaneous paper (U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station) ; CERC-92-4.
Description: Miscellaneous paper
Abstract: Present methods of predicting wave overtopping on revetments are limited, and determining what data are available requires extensive interpolation and/or extrapolation of monochromatic wave conditions. Physical model tests were conducted to measure wave overtopping rates occurring on a 1:2 and 1:3.5 stone revetment slope. The tests cover a range of incident irregular wave conditions using a foreslope of 1: 100. Results of the tests are expressed in terms of overtopping rate per length of structure versus relative freeboard. Relative freeboard is particularly effective, as it accounts for different water levels in the freeboard, wave heights in Hmo , and wave periods in Lo.
Rights: Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/11681/12971
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