Table 1
Model-Prototype Scale Relations at 1:50 Undistorted Scale
Model-Prototype
Characteristic
Dimension
Scale Relation
!
! r = 1:50
Length
Ar = ! r2 = 1:2,500
!2
Area
Vr = ! r3 = 1:125,000
!3
Volume
tr = ! r = 1:7.07
Time (tidal and short wave period)
t
Ur = ! r / tr = 1:7.07
! /t
Velocity
Figure 4.
Idealized inlet entrance channel with oblique wave approaching inlet
(spacing 62 cm (2.0 ft) between "+" marking on research facility basin
floor)
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