Abstract
A Video Image Processing (VIP) technique has been developed for the study of free surface water waves. The technique allows detailed examination of continuous image sequences of progressing waves, providing a complete and precise geometric description of an evolving breaking wave. Wave breaking on sloping beaches has been investigated under monochromatic sea conditions and geometric parameters of a large number of breakers have been obtained. The bed slope was found to influence the breaking wave height and depth relationship. A number of new empirical equations have been derived defining the functional relationship between the non-dimensional breaking height Hb/gT2 and breaking depth db/gT2, between the breaking wave steepness Hb/Lb and relative depth db/Lb, and between the breaking height to depth ration Hb/db and non-dimensional breaking depth db/gT2.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 334-342 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Waterway, Port, Coastal, and Ocean Engineering |
| Volume | 133 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- Breaking waves, breaking criteria, imaging techniques, wave measurements