Abstract: The forces and overturning moments on a vertical wall due to the reflection of solitary waves, undular bores, turbulent bores, and surges on a dry bed were determined experimentally. The incident wave celerity, wave profile, ...

Abstract: The forces on a vertical wall due to the impact of a bore generated by a broken solitary wave were measured in the laboratory. The incident bores varied in height from 2.4 cm to 4.9 cm and in celerity from 75 cm/s to 126 ...