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Experimental study of overtopping performance for the cases of very steep slopes and vertical walls with very small freeboards
Troch, P.; Mollaert, J.; Peelman, S.; Victor, L.; van der Meer, J.W.; Gallach-Sánchez, D.; Kortenhaus, A. (2014). Experimental study of overtopping performance for the cases of very steep slopes and vertical walls with very small freeboards, in: Lynett, P. (Ed.) Proceedings of 34th Conference on Coastal Engineering, Seoul, Korea, 2014. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 34: pp. [1-8]
In: Lynett, P. (Ed.) (2014). Proceedings of 34th Conference on Coastal Engineering, Seoul, Korea, 2014. Coastal Engineering Proceedings, 34. Coastal Engineering Research Council: [s.l.]. ISBN 978-0-9896611-2-6. , more
In: Coastal Engineering Proceedings. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE): New York. ISSN 2156-1028, more

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Document type: Conference paper

Keyword
    Wave overtopping
Author keywords
    Steep low-crested slopes; Zero freeboard; Vertical wall

Authors  Top 
  • Troch, P., more
  • Mollaert, J.
  • Peelman, S., more
  • Victor, L., more
  • van der Meer, J.W.
  • Gallach-Sánchez, D.
  • Kortenhaus, A., more

Abstract
    This article describes the investigation of average wave overtopping performance for sloping coastal structures characterised by very steep slopes (typically cot a < 0.5) and very small freeboards. Based on experimental tests, performed in the large wave flume of Ghent University, the influence of the relevant hydraulic and geometrical parameters on overtopping is examined. Test set-up and test parameters are presented and discussed in detail in this paper. Furthermore, the established dataset, called UG13 dataset, is compared to prediction formulae from existing literature, including the limiting cases of zero freeboard and vertical wall.

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