Print Email Facebook Twitter Numerical Evaluation of Design Rules for Non-Breaking Wave Loads on Vertical Walls Title Numerical Evaluation of Design Rules for Non-Breaking Wave Loads on Vertical Walls Author van Vledder, G.P. (TU Delft Environmental Fluid Mechanics; Van Vledder Consulting) Hofland, Bas (TU Delft Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk) Tuin, Henry (ARCADIS Nederland) van Maris, Bob (Student TU Delft) Contributor Goseberg, Nils (editor) Schlurmann, Torsten (editor) Date 2019 Abstract This paper describes a numerical evaluation of design rules for the determination of wave loads of non-breaking waves on vertical structures. Design guidelines were proposed by Sainflou (1928) and Goda (1974). These guidelines use geometric parameters of the structure, an incident wave height and a wave period. In practice (cf. CERC, 1984), a Rayleigh distribution of individual wave heights is assumed to determine the design wave height in an irregular wave field. Their reliability and range of applicability are poorly known, especially when the incident wave condition consists of a mixed sea state, like a local wind sea and a low-frequency (swell) component. To validate the above described design methods, we applied the non-hydrostatic numerical wave model SWASH to simulate wave loading on a rigid vertical wall for single and mixed sea states. In addition, we compared the results with linear wave theory and the spectral response approach using transfer functions based on linear wave theory. Subject Wave loadvertical structuresGodaSainflouSWASHforce spectrumlinear wave theory To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4640791b-75cb-4c7c-a1d5-24a792818548 DOI https://doi.org/10.18451/978-3-939230-64-9_076 Publisher Bundesanstalt für Wasserbau ISBN 978-3-939230-64-9 Source Coastal Structures 2019 Event Coastal Structures Conference 2019, 2019-09-30 → 2019-10-02, Courtyard by Marriott Hannover hotel, Hannover, Germany Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights © 2019 G.P. van Vledder, Bas Hofland, Henry Tuin, Bob van Maris Files PDF 2019_Van_Vledder_ea_Wave_ ... s_2019.pdf 1.42 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:4640791b-75cb-4c7c-a1d5-24a792818548/datastream/OBJ/view