Pile Design and Construction Practice, Fifth edition

Figure 8.11Shape of breaking wave.

Wave length

Motion of water

particle waveheight 5 H

c

h

z Sea bed

u

x

Figure 8.12Design curves for calculating velocity and acceleration of water particles in breaking wave.

0.1 0.2 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3

0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

Elevation

z/h

Elevation

z/h

(^0) 0.1 0.2 0.3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0 0.1
Values of (u/c)^2
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
Values of^1 gdudt
x
h^5 0.2
x
h^5 0.4
x
h^5 0.8
x
h^5 1.6
x
h^5 0.2
x
h^5 0.4
x
h^51
x
h^50