6 Summary and Conclusions
Summary
Water level (wave height variation) and wave directional data were collected
at numerous locations for situations typical of coastal inlets. The objective was
to supply data sets that contain information with diffracting, refracting, and
shoaling waves to aid in the development of numerical models that simulate field
conditions. The measurements were collected at an idealized inlet with smooth
contours. The following configurations were examined:
a. An offshore breakwater directly up-coast of the inlet region with a
bathymetry behind it that has a sloping bottom terminating at the beach
(Structure 1).
b. A dogleg jetty on one side of a coastal inlet (Structure 2).
c. An unjettied inlet, with measurements collected on the bay side
(Structure 3). These experiments were performed with and without a
flood current.
d. A jettied inlet, with measurements collected on the bay side (Structure 4).
These experiments were performed with and without a flood current.
Results from a physical model laboratory study of spatially dense wave