REACH OF WAVES TO THE BED OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF

Proceedings of the International Conference on Coastal Engineering

Geoffrey R. Mogridge²  Richard Silvester¹ 

[1] Asian Institute of Technology;Queen's University

关键词: continental shelf;    reach of waves;    waves at bed;   

DOI  :  10.9753/icce.v12.%p

学科分类：建筑学

来源: Coastal Engineering Research Council

【 摘 要 】

The physiography of Continental Shelves and their major composition of sediment indicate strongly their terrigenous origin and their smoothing by wave action This premise is supported by the geologic time over which waves have existed and the mass-transport velocity in these relatively shallow depths, particularly the net movement within the wave boundary layer at the bed A given wave tram arriving obliquely to the shore can transport material along the coast, both beyond the breaker line and within the surf zone It is shown that for equal over-all discharge in the two zones, the average sediment concentration offshore close to the bed need be reasonably small, indicating that transport near the beach could be a fraction of that from the breakers to the reach of the waves This latter limit is shown to extend at least half way across the Shelf, with possibilities of greater reach when more realistic prototype conditions are introduced into experiments.

【 授权许可】

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