Wave reflection from submerged rectangular obstacles: experiments and predictive formula
This paper presents an experimental study on wave reflection from submerged rectangular objects (shelves) in a 2-D laboratory flume. Preliminary tests using resistive wire probes and an acoustic Doppler anemometer were first conducted to confirm that a piston-type wavemaker was able to produce sinus...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM) |
| Repositorio: | Acta scientiarum. Technology (Online) |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:periodicos.uem.br/ojs:article/37520 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciTechnol/article/view/37520 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | dimensional analysis laboratory flume submerged obstacles wave reflection. mecânica de ondas |
| Sumario: | This paper presents an experimental study on wave reflection from submerged rectangular objects (shelves) in a 2-D laboratory flume. Preliminary tests using resistive wire probes and an acoustic Doppler anemometer were first conducted to confirm that a piston-type wavemaker was able to produce sinusoidal waves in the channel, without significant reflection from the boundaries. Then, measurements of water surface displacements using the two-fixed probe method and considering the presence of submerged rectangular obstacles provided reflection coefficients for different wave parameters and submergence conditions. Dimensional analysis was conducted and a dimensionless relationship was obtained to describe the reflection coefficient as a function of the wave slope and the water-to-shelf depth ratio. This relationship can be potentially used to predict ocean wave reflection from submerged obstacles for similar conditions as those evaluated in the present study. |
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