Scale effects in subaerial landslide generated impulse waves
Heller, Valentin, Hager, Willi H. and Minor, Hans-Erwin (2008) Scale effects in subaerial landslide generated impulse waves. Experiments in Fluids, 44, (5), 691-703. (doi:10.1007/s00348-007-0427-7).
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Hydraulic scale modelling involves scale effects. The limiting criteria for scale models of subaerial landslide generated impulse waves including solid, air, and water are discussed both based on a literature review and based on detailed two-dimensional experimentation. Seven scale series based on the Froude similitude were conducted involving the intermediate-water wave spectrum. Scale effects were primarily attributed to the impact crater formation, the air entrainment and detrainment, and the turbulent boundary layer as a function of surface tension and fluid viscosity. These effects reduce the relative wave amplitude and the wave attenuation as compared with reference experiments. Wave amplitude attenuation was found to be more than 70 times larger than predicted with the standard wave theory. Limitations for plane impulse wave generation on the basis of the present research are given by which scale effects can be avoided.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| ISSNs: | 0723-4864 (print) |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TC Hydraulic engineering. Ocean engineering |
| Divisions: | University Structure - Pre August 2011 > School of Civil Engineering and the Environment |
| Item ID: | 74271 |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Mar 2010 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2011 10:06 |
| Contributors: | Heller, Valentin (Author) Hager, Willi H. (Author) Minor, Hans-Erwin (Author) |
| Date: | May 2008 |
| Status: | Published |
| URI: | http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/74271 |
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