It is common for the local sea state in coastal waters to be a complex combination of waves due to local and recent wind (the “sea”) and long period waves resulting from earlier weather systems, which have travelled many 100s of km with little attenuation of these very long waves (the “swell”). Sea and swell may have very different directions and periods (Fig. 1). (Figure presented.) The CrossOver project was born out of the recognition that there is an absence of guidance on the influence of directionally bimodal (or bidirectional, or ‘crossing’) seas on wave overtopping at a coastal defence. Through a physical model study carried out in the Delta Basin, the “CrossOver” project is beginning to fill this gap in the knowledge.
Bruce, T., Franco, L., Romano, A., Menendez, M., Reis, M.T., Pinheiro, L., et al. (2018). The “Crossover” project: Wave overtopping under directionally bimodal wave attack. In Proceedings of the Coastal Engineering Conference. ;1801 Alexander Bell DriveGEO : American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
The “Crossover” project: Wave overtopping under directionally bimodal wave attack
Franco L.;Romano A.;
2018-01-01
Abstract
It is common for the local sea state in coastal waters to be a complex combination of waves due to local and recent wind (the “sea”) and long period waves resulting from earlier weather systems, which have travelled many 100s of km with little attenuation of these very long waves (the “swell”). Sea and swell may have very different directions and periods (Fig. 1). (Figure presented.) The CrossOver project was born out of the recognition that there is an absence of guidance on the influence of directionally bimodal (or bidirectional, or ‘crossing’) seas on wave overtopping at a coastal defence. Through a physical model study carried out in the Delta Basin, the “CrossOver” project is beginning to fill this gap in the knowledge.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
