Print Email Facebook Twitter Refraction of waves near the Dogger Bank Title Refraction of waves near the Dogger Bank Author Holthuijsen, L.H. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Hydraulic Engineering Date 1973-02-01 Abstract The geometry of the seabottom may cause waves to refract such that a concentration of wave-energy occurs. In view of the particular shape and dimensions of the Dogger Bank, it was interesting to find out whether such a phenomenon may occur in this area. It is expected that only longer waves will show the effect mentioned (periods of about 12 s). These waves occur quite frequently in the North Sea and are usually travelling in southerly directions. CONCLUSION Refraction computations- have shown rather convincingly that waves with periods 10-15 s, coming from northerly directions will concentrate energy just south of the Dogger Bank. This result was confirmed by fishermen. The loss of a ship in this area too confirms the picture. The computations hinted at the existence of another concentration area some 50 km south-east of the forementioned area. The existence of this area was not confirmed by fishermen. Subject refractionwave-energyDogger Bank To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:fe63614f-ae11-4995-8540-1db2410497cd Publisher TU Delft, Department of Hydraulic Engineering Source Report R/1973/3/L Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type report Rights (c) 1973 TU Delft, Department of Hydraulic Engineering /islandora/object/uuid:fe63614f-ae11-4995-8540-1db2410497cd/datastream/OBJ/view