ZHAO Xi-zeng a,b,SUN Zhao-chen b , LIANG Shu-xiu ba RIAM,Kyushu University,Fukuoka 816-8580,Japanb The State Key Laboratory of Coastal , Offshore Engineering,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian 116024,China
Abstract:
The experimental studies of the wave breaking effects on freak wave generation are presented within a finite-depth random wave train in a laboratory wave tank. The main attention is paid to the abnormal index,AI=Hmax/Hs,being used to characterize the freak waves,and the changes of the coefficient due to wave breaking. The results show that the occurrence probability of freak wave events in non-breaking waves is much larger than that in breaking waves and such occurrence in deep water is larger than that in ...