Citation

Soldini L, Lorenzoni C, Brocchini M, Mancinelli A, Cappietti L. J. Waterw. Port Coast. Ocean Eng. 2009; 135(2): 38-51.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, American Society of Civil Engineers)

DOI

10.1061/(ASCE)0733-950X(2009)135:2(38)

PMID

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Abstract

A comparative assessment of available formulae for the water setup inshore of submerged breakwaters is made on the basis of a wide and varied dataset derived from basin and flume laboratory experiments. Formulae derived from a simplified view which does not account for the horizontal flow circulation provide a large overestimate (up to one order of magnitude) of the smaller setup values. A much better overall approximation of the measured data is obtained through formulae that consider the setup as part of a complete flow description, be it partially or fully accounting for the horizontal flow motion.