Maximum overtopping forces on a dike-mounted wall with a shallow foreshore

Journal article (2016)

Authors

X. Chen Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk -

Bas Hofland Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk - , Deltares

W.S.J. Uijttewaal Rivers, Ports, Waterways and Dredging Engineering - , Environmental Fluid Mechanics -

Research Group

Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk () (TU Delft)

Shallow foreshore Dike Impact force Generalized Pareto distribution Overtopping wave

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Published Date

01-10-2016

Language

English

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Faculty

Civil Engineering & Geosciences

Department

Hydraulic Engineering

Research Group

Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk

Abstract

The impact force induced by waves overtopping a dike with a vertical wall on its crest, and with a shallow foreshore seaward of the dike, was studied. To this end, physical model tests were performed in a wave flume at a typical scale of 1:25. The goal of this study was to develop a method to estimate the maximum forces on the wall during a known storm peak. The time series of water depth at toe of the dike, flow thickness at seaward edge of the dike crest and impact forces were measured. An empirical Generalized Pareto distribution is verified as the best distribution for the extreme overtopping wave forces.