Symposium "Research on wave action"

Symposium organised at Delft Hydraulics on the development of research in waves and wave structure interaction.

Stability tests of the Europoort breakwater

This paper deals with model tests conducted at the Delft Hydraulics Laboratory (DHL) and the River and Harbour Laboratory at the Technical University of Norway (RHL) for the design of the Europoort Breakwater. A series of tests with regular waves was conducted at the DHL from which the design of the breakwater was decided. The chosen design was...

The use of model tests for the design of maritime structures with regard to wave action

The hydraulic model is playing an increasing part in the process of hydraulic designing and it seems even to have taken over the dominant position that experience and tradition had held for such a long time. But, however important the model tests have become, they are not the only means available to the designer, nor does he have to rely solely...

Wave shock forces: An analysis on deformations and wave forces in the wave and the foundation

At the inauguration of two advanced wind-wave flumes in the Netherlands, three decades after BAGNOLD's pioneer work, and one decade after the Haringvliet sluice investigation and the joint Dutch-Danish investigation of the Hanstholm breakwaters, it seems appropriate to summarize current knowledge on wave shock phenomena. These may be classified...

Increase of bottom shearstress of a current due to wave motion

Due to the increased velocity vector in the case of current combined with waves the bottom shear stress in the direction of the current will increase. This increase has been derived and the derivation has been checked by measurements.