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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Astorga-Moar, A.
• Baldock, T.E.

Titel

Assessment of wave overtopping models for fringing reef fronted beaches

Ist Teil von

• Coastal engineering (Amsterdam), 2023-12, Vol.186, p.104395, Article 104395

Ort / Verlag

Elsevier B.V

Erscheinungsjahr

2023

Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study presents new experiments and analysis to evaluate the performance of overtopping models for fringing reef fronted beaches. Physical experiments were conducted to measure the overtopping landward of an ideal fringing reef profile of different widths. Water depths over the reef flat were varied, together with the freeboard elevation of the beach crest or coastal maximum. The analysis evaluated the performance of conventional and new models in predicting overtopping flows, leading to the development of two new expressions based on a recently proposed general expression. The analysis compares model performance using both offshore wave conditions and wave and water level conditions at the beach toe at the landward end of the reef flat, with the latter providing more robust predictions. The current empirical overtopping models perform poorly using offshore wave conditions. Using wave conditions at the beach toe, the squared normalized deficit of freeboard emerged as a robust predictor, exhibiting a strong linear correlation with overtopping flow rate and overtopping volume. Two new empirical constants for the conventional overtopping models were derived from the data, which reflect the influence on the overtopping of wave transformation and momentum transfer during wave breaking and propagation across the reef. •Evaluation of overtopping models for fringing reef fronted beaches.•Improved prediction of overtopping using wave conditions at the beach toe.•Strong correlation between the normalized deficit of freeboard and overtopping volume.•Derivation of empirical constants reflecting wave and momentum transformation.•New expressions developed based on the general expression (Ibrahim and Baldock, 2020).