Mechanics of breaking waves - a review of Euromech 102

Proceedings Nonlinear Water Waves Workshop, 22-25 October 1991

The aim of this workshop was to take advantage of the recent freedom available to scientists in the Soviet Union (now Commonwealth of Independent States) to travel to the West in order to develop both contacts and an awareness of current research between research workers from East and West, most of whom have formerly had little contact. We...

Wave Breaking

Water waves break as they advance over a gently sloping beach for all off-shore sea states except for the calmest conditions. Most theoretical, experimental and field studies have been directed to this type of wave breaking, yet waves can break with greater violence on steep slopes and close to coastal structures and cliffs. Further, on those...

An instantaneous measure of the strength of a breaker: Foot and toes

Compressibility of entrained and trapped air in violent water wave impacts