TY - JOUR
T1 - Plunging jet characteristics of plunging breakers
AU - Chanson, Hubert
AU - Jaw-Fang, Lee
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge the financial support of the National Science Council of Taiwan, Republic of China (Grant NSC84-2611-E-006-029) and of the Australian Research Council (Grant No. A8941296). They acknowledge also the support of the Departmento f Hydraulics and Ocean Engineering at the National Cheng Kung University and of the Tainan Hydraulics Laboratory which provided the experimentalf acility. They wish to thank Dr. G.S. Hwang and Mr. Y.J. Lan for their assistance.
PY - 1997/7
Y1 - 1997/7
N2 - With plunging breaking waves, air bubble entrainment is caused by the top of the wave forming a plunging jet and entraining air when it impacts the water in front of the wave. The potential for air bubble entrainment is related directly to the plunging jet impact characteristics. New experiments were performed in a two-dimensional wave flume. The breaking process was investigated with a high-speed video camera. The results provide new information on the breaking point characteristics, the jet impact conditions and the energy dissipation process. The entrainment of air bubbles is detailed. And the rate of energy dissipation by plunging breakers is estimated.
AB - With plunging breaking waves, air bubble entrainment is caused by the top of the wave forming a plunging jet and entraining air when it impacts the water in front of the wave. The potential for air bubble entrainment is related directly to the plunging jet impact characteristics. New experiments were performed in a two-dimensional wave flume. The breaking process was investigated with a high-speed video camera. The results provide new information on the breaking point characteristics, the jet impact conditions and the energy dissipation process. The entrainment of air bubbles is detailed. And the rate of energy dissipation by plunging breakers is estimated.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0378-3839(96)00056-7
DO - 10.1016/S0378-3839(96)00056-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0031193828
VL - 31
SP - 125
EP - 141
JO - Coastal Engineering
JF - Coastal Engineering
SN - 0378-3839
IS - 1-4
ER -