Analytical Solution for Long-Wave Reflection by a Rectangular Obstacle with Two Scour Trenches

Abstract

In this paper, linear long-wave reflection by a rectangular obstacle with two scour trenches of power function profile is explored. A closed-form analytical solution in terms of the first and second kinds of Bessel functions is obtained, which finds two classic analytical solutions as its special cases, i.e., the wave reflection from a rectangular obstacle and from an infinite step. The phenomenon of zero reflection coefficient for a single rectangular obstacle with the same depths in front of and behind the obstacle still remains for a rectangular obstacle with two scour trenches as long as the bathymetry is symmetrical about the obstacle. The periodicity of the reflection coefficient as a function of the relative length of the middle rectangular obstacle disappears if two scour trenches are attached to the middle rectangular obstacle. Finally, the wave reflection by a rectangular obstacle with two scour trenches generally increases when the trenches become wide and deep. The wave reflection by a degenerated single slope increases when the slope becomes deep.