Wave reflection from a gently sloping beach
Wave reflection from a gently sloping beach
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DOI:
10.1017/s0022112090000040
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发表时间:
1990-05
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
J. Miles
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作者:
J. Miles
The linear reflection of an obliquely incident gravity wave of frequency ω from a gently sloping beach of shoreline slope σ and characteristic length l is determined for σ [Lt ] 1 [Lt ] ω2l/g. An asymptotic (σ↓0), inviscid approximation that is uniformly valid in the shallow-water domain is matched to Keller's (1958) geometrical-optics approximation for non-shallow water. An exact solution is obtained for the profile h = σl[1−exp (−x/l)] in the shallow-water domain and used to test the asymptotic approximation. The absence of viscosity implies perfect reflection. A model that incorporates both small viscosity and small capillarity predicts a fixed contact line and the reflection coefficient |R| = exp [−πσ−2g−1(2νω3)½], where ν is the kinematic viscosity. These predictions are in qualitative agreement with the experimental results of Mahony & Pritchard (1980).