Introduction
Scope
Experimental Arrangement
Figure 1. Inlet model research facility
Figure Model Inlet entrance channel with parallel jetties and an oblique wave approach
Table 1 Model-Prototype Scale Relations at 1:50 Undistorted Scale
Instrumentation and Calibration - TR-CHL-98-310016
Table 2. Laboratory Wave Parameters
Experiment Procedures and Data Analysis
Figure 4. Comparison of target and measured spectra for wave generation
Figure 5. Snapshot of wave records at wave generator and in entrance channel at same time for a test without currents (Experiment 58) and with ebb currents (Experiment 70)
Figure 6. Time series of currents in channel at meter location 5, run 61
Table 3 Calculated Wave Parameters from Downcrossing Analysis
Table 4 Calculated Wave Parameters from Single Channel Frequency Domain Analysis
Results - TR-CHL-98-310024
1-D Wave-Current Interaction
Breaking Formulations
Spectra
Figure 7. Spectra for Tp = 0.7 s, Hmo = 5.5 cm, and U = 24 cm/s
Calculating Wave Breaking on a Current
Figure 9. Dissipation versus steepness
Figure 11. Miche criterion
Wave heights
Figure 13. Battjes-Janssen dissipation
Figure 15. Wave height transformation
Figure 16. Wave height transformation
Figure 18 Wave height transformation
Conclusions - TR-CHL-98-310037
References - TR-CHL-98-310038
References - TR-CHL-98-310039
Photo 1. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period: 1.4 sec, no current
Photo 2. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period: 1.4 sec, ebb current: 12 cm/sec
Photo 3. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period 1.4 sec, ebb current: 24 cm/sec
Photo 4. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period 0.7 sec, no current
Photo 5. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period 0.7 sec, ebb current: 12 cm/sec
Photo 6. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period: 0.7 sec, ebb current: 24 cm/sec
Appendix A Data Tables
Table A1 cont'd - TR-CHL-98-310047
Table A1 cont'd - TR-CHL-98-310048
Table A1 concluded
Table A2 Still-Water Depths at Guages
Appendix B Spectra Plots
Figure - TR-CHL-98-310052
Figure - TR-CHL-98-310053
Figure - TR-CHL-98-310054
Figure - TR-CHL-98-310055
Figure - TR-CHL-98-310056
Appendix C Notation
Notation cont'd
REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE - TR-CHL-98-310059
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Scope
Experimental Arrangement
Figure 1. Inlet model research facility
Figure Model Inlet entrance channel with parallel jetties and an oblique wave approach
Table 1 Model-Prototype Scale Relations at 1:50 Undistorted Scale
Instrumentation and Calibration - TR-CHL-98-310016
Table 2. Laboratory Wave Parameters
Experiment Procedures and Data Analysis
Figure 4. Comparison of target and measured spectra for wave generation
Figure 5. Snapshot of wave records at wave generator and in entrance channel at same time for a test without currents (Experiment 58) and with ebb currents (Experiment 70)
Figure 6. Time series of currents in channel at meter location 5, run 61
Table 3 Calculated Wave Parameters from Downcrossing Analysis
Table 4 Calculated Wave Parameters from Single Channel Frequency Domain Analysis
Results - TR-CHL-98-310024
1-D Wave-Current Interaction
Breaking Formulations
Spectra
Figure 7. Spectra for Tp = 0.7 s, Hmo = 5.5 cm, and U = 24 cm/s
Calculating Wave Breaking on a Current
Figure 9. Dissipation versus steepness
Figure 11. Miche criterion
Wave heights
Figure 13. Battjes-Janssen dissipation
Figure 15. Wave height transformation
Figure 16. Wave height transformation
Figure 18 Wave height transformation
Conclusions - TR-CHL-98-310037
References - TR-CHL-98-310038
References - TR-CHL-98-310039
Photo 1. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period: 1.4 sec, no current
Photo 2. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period: 1.4 sec, ebb current: 12 cm/sec
Photo 3. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period 1.4 sec, ebb current: 24 cm/sec
Photo 4. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period 0.7 sec, no current
Photo 5. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period 0.7 sec, ebb current: 12 cm/sec
Photo 6. Wave height: 5.5 cm, wave period: 0.7 sec, ebb current: 24 cm/sec
Appendix A Data Tables
Table A1 cont'd - TR-CHL-98-310047
Table A1 cont'd - TR-CHL-98-310048
Table A1 concluded
Table A2 Still-Water Depths at Guages
Appendix B Spectra Plots
Figure - TR-CHL-98-310052
Figure - TR-CHL-98-310053
Figure - TR-CHL-98-310054
Figure - TR-CHL-98-310055
Figure - TR-CHL-98-310056
Appendix C Notation
Notation cont'd
REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE - TR-CHL-98-310059
TR-CHL-98-31
