Journal article
Surf similarity and solitary wave runup
The notion of surf similarity in the runup of solitary waves is revisited. We show that the surf similarity parameter for solitary waves may be effectively reduced to the beach slope divided by the offshore wave height to depth ratio. This clarifies its physical interpretation relative to a previous parameterization, which was not given in an explicit form.
Good coherency with experimental (breaking) runup data is preserved with this simpler parameter. A recasting of analytical (nonbreaking) runup expressions for sinusoidal and solitary waves additionally shows that they contain identical functional dependence on their respective surf similarity parameters.
Important equivalencies in the runup of sinusoidal and solitary waves are thus revealed.
Language: | English |
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Publisher: | American Society of Civil Engineers |
Year: | 2008 |
Pages: | 195-198 |
ISSN: | 19435460 and 0733950x |
Types: | Journal article |
DOI: | 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2008)134:3(195) |
ORCIDs: | Fuhrman, David R. and Madsen, Per A. |