A two-point method for estimating wave reflection over a sloping beach |
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| Authors: | H -K Chang T -W Hsu |
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| Institution: | a Department of Civil Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan;b Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | This work presents a frequency-domain method for estimating incident and reflected waves when normally incident waves’ propagating over a sloping beach in a wave flume is considered. Linear wave shoaling is applied to determine changes of the wave amplitude and phase due to variations of the bathymetry. The wave reflection coefficient is estimated using wave heights measured at two fixed wave gauges with a distance. The present model demonstrates a high capacity of estimating reflection and shoaling coefficients from synthetic wave-amplitude data. Sensitivity tests for the present model due to measurement errors of wave amplitudes and distance of two probes can more accurately predict the reflection coefficients. The measurement error of wave amplitude affects more significantly than measurement error of distance of two probes on calculating reflection coefficient of waves over a sloping bed. |
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| Keywords: | Waves reflection Frequency domain Sloping bathymetry |
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