Comparison of Dispersive and Nondispersive Models for Wave Run-Up on a Beach

  • A. Abdalazeez
  • , I. I. Didenkulova
  • , D. Dutykh
  • , P. Denissenko

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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 languageBritish English
Pages (from-to)494-501
Number of pages8
JournalIzvestiya - Atmospheric and Ocean Physics
Volume56
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 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

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