Abstract
Abstract: The applicability of dispersive and nondispersive wave models for describing long-wave propagation and run-up on a beach in the case of composite bottom topography is investigated: a plane beach transforms into a zone of constant depth. Numerical simulations are performed in the framework of two models: (1) nonlinear shallow-water theory and (2) the dispersive model in the Boussinesq approximation based on modified Peregrine equations. Simulations are compared with the data of a laboratory experiment for different types of waves: regular waves, biharmonic signals, and “vessel-like” wave trains strongly modulated by frequency and amplitude. Conclusions about the applicability of the corresponding theories for describing considered types of waves are drawn based on this comparison.
| Original language | British English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 494-501 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Izvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - 1 Sep 2020 |
Keywords
- dispersive theory
- frequency dispersion
- modified Peregrine equations
- nonlinear shallow-water theory
- run-up of long waves on a coast
- waves on the surface